Ryan the runner

Vancouver 2013 This is a story about a guy called Ryan. One of the first things I asked Jit and Emilia (my good hosts) when I touched down at Vancouver back in May 2013 was if there was a place to run. Within a few hours, Emilia had connected me with Ryan, her colleague at

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In just four years

It has been one long journey to the podium for Alia Saeed Mohammed. In 2010, I watched the United Arab Emirates (UAE) runner finish first in the Asia Area Qualifying Session for the Youth Olympics (top). For reasons not explained she didn’t feature in the YOG. Then from 2011 to 2014, it was all 10th

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