Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker
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12 August 2021
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In 1995, promising Kenyan runner Henry Wanyoike suffered a stroke and lost his sight. After initially feeling depressed, Henry learnt how to run tethered to a guide and went on to a set a series of long-distance running records for the blind. Henry Wanyoike talks to Alex Last.
(Photo: Henry Wanyoike, right, with his guide on a run in 2013. Credit: Getty Images)