Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
East Timor's Marathon Hero
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July 16, 2016
9 minutes
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In 2000, four athletes from war-torn East Timor were invited to compete at the Sydney Olympics. One of them was marathon runner, Agueda Amaral, who went from refugee to Olympic finisher in the space of a year. She tells her story to Rebecca Henschke of the BBC Indonesian Service.
PHOTO: Agueda Amaral at the Olympic finish line (Getty Images).