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Originally posted by A Random DphiE
honestly i shed a tear [ok i balled] when they highlighted the kenyan athlete who named his firstborn after another competitor [ can't recall who ] who waited for him at the finish line at the last olympic games ...
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That would be Kenyan cross-country skier Philip Boit who the finish line dead last in the 10-kilometer race and he was embraced by Bjorn Dahlie, the gold medal winner from Norway.
Bjorn Dahlie also won a bajillion medals in all 3 colours, because he is such as awesome x-country skier. Philip Boit is a long distance runner and I think he only stood on skis maybe 6 months' prior, or something like that. Nike financed him to get to the Olympics, along with another Kenyan.