(SP)KENYA-ITEN-TRACK & FIELD-YOUNG RUNNER-AIMING FOR CHENGDU

(SP)KENYA-ITEN-TRACK & FIELD-YOUNG RUNNER-AIMING FOR CHENGDU

(230611) -- ITEN, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan runner Kelvin Kimtai Chepsigor (R) from Kisii University talks with coach James Kwalia during a training session in Eldoret, Kenya, on June 6, 2023. At nearly 6 am, the first morning light shines upon the landmark arch written with "Home of Champions" in Iten, the runners gathered here to greet each other with a fist bump, stretch their muscles, and prepare for the first training session of the day. With an average altitude of 2,400 meters, Iten sits in the west of Kenya, near the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. It is an ideal long-distance running training place and is the cradle of many world-class middle and long distance runners. In Iten, athletes of different camps, age groups, and genders train together and inspire each other with their performance. The 22-year-old Kelvin Kimtai Chepsigor, an athlete student from Kisii University who trains in Iten, was born in Kitale, a small town in the northwest of Iten. "Eliud Kipchoge is my idol, and his experie

Chief of UN body says China's poverty eradication worth learning

STORY: Chief of UN body says China's poverty eradication worth learning DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the United Nations 2. SOUNDBITE (English): COLLEN VIXEN KELAPILE, President of UN Economic and Social Council STORYLINE: United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Collen Vixen Kelapile has said that China has set an example on poverty eradication, particularly amid intersecting global crises. The chief of ECOSOC, the world body's central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, spoke with Xinhua in an interview on the sidelines of the high-level political forum on sustainable development that concluded last week. SOUNDBITE (English): COLLEN VIXEN KELAPILE, President of UN Economic and Social Council "Poverty is everywhere. China has a good experience in dealing with poverty from where you've come from, so I am aware that there's a lot to learn from China in that area. The experie