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South Sudan: Olympian Running to Save Others

As athletes go through their final preparations, few have gone through greater hardship than one young man, Lopez Lomong, who went from running to save his own life to running to save others.

VIDEO: South Sudan: Olympian Running to Save Others

  • Sudan:   'Lost Boy' Leads U.S. Team Into Olympics

    America.gov, 8 August 2008

    In Beijing, track athlete Lopez Lomong carried the American flag and led the United States team into National Stadium. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to America in… Read more »

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