Guor merial biography of donald

Running through the desert with hardly any water or shelter, his was a training regime like no other. A tough survivor of a year civil war that left two million dead — including eight of his 10 brothers and sisters — he ran from Sudanese soldiers who attacked and burnt his village, an army officer who kept him as a slave and Arab nomads.

It makes his story one of the most inspiring of London , so much so that the US, British and Olympic authorities have gone out of their way to help him. When he ran from his crisis-hit East African nation to become a refugee, Guor completed the most important race of his life so far. However, he won the state cross-country championship and was given an athletics scholarship by Iowa State University.

In June last year, he entered his first marathon, in Minneapolis, and finished it in two hours and 14 minutes — just inside the Olympic qualifying time. After a second quick marathon time, a lawyer took up his case, lobbying influential people to get Guor a place at the Olympics.

A budding athlete from the age of eight, he arrived in America via Egypt – having left his family behind – but failed to attain US citizenship, despite.

Just 12 days ago, the International Olympic Committee agreed that he could run as an independent athlete under the Olympic flag. Last Thursday, the US and British authorities granted him a visa and travel documents in record time — though they arrived too late for the opening ceremony. Celebs TV Films. US Celebrity News Strictly. Mirror Choice.