Kenyan medalist in disaster area

Kenyan medalist in disaster area

YAMADA, Japan - Sydney Olympics marathon silver medalist Eric Wainaina of Kenya runs with about 150 pupils on a mountainous path near a facility used for temporary classes of tsunami-hit Funakoshi Elementary School in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on June 13, 2011.

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