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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		Lopez Lomong - From "Lost Boy" To The Olympics
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:08:56
	Publish Date:		2017-12-02 08:12:00
	Description:		In 2008, former refugee Lopez Lomong carried the flag for the USA at the Beijing Olympics, before competing in the 1500 metres. As a child, Lomong fled from a prison for child soldiers in South Sudan, eventually reaching a refugee camp in Kenya where he was one of the thousands of so-called “Lost Boys”. Lomong was later adopted by an American family, who encouraged his dream to reach the Olympic Games. He talks to Simon Watts. PHOTO: Lopez Lomong in 2008 (Getty Images)
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