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When Weini Kelati made the choice to board a plane and leave her home country of Eritrea to come to the United States, she had one goal in mind: to make it to the Olympics.

The Olympics have always been a celebration of nationalism and pride. Athletes compete with high hopes of earning the respect and admiration of their home nation. Over the past century, athletes have been donning the national colors and uniforms of […]

This summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has broken tradition, and blurred borders by creating a team that will represent no country in particular. But instead, the unique, ten member team will be representing a large, and still growing, population […]

  World-class athletes agree: Eldoret, Kenya is one of the world’s best marathon training grounds. Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge — who ran in the Athens, London, Beijing and Rio de Janeiro Olympics — concedes that the advantage of training at Eldoret’s high altitude, which is […]