Runner without country to compete at Olympics
Guor Marial ran for his life to escape a Sudanese child labor camp. Now he will get to run at the Olympics.
By STEPHEN WILSON and GERALD IMRAY
AP Sports Writers
LONDON —Guor Marial ran for his life to escape a Sudanese child labor camp. Now he will get to run at the Olympics.
Marial's heartwarming rise from a fearful kid who hid in a cave, fled his war-torn homeland and finally arrived in the United States as a refugee took another incredible turn Saturday.
Despite having no passport and officially no country - and at one time very little hope - the 28-year-old marathoner was cleared by the IOC to compete at the London Games under the Olympic flag.
