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Team Ireland is celebrating its first gold medal at London 2012, thanks to boxer Katie Taylor,
but the Irish also had an unlikely part to play in another, very special Olympic victory on Thursday. Kenyan middle-distance runner
David Rudisha joins
notable alumni from
Saint Patrick's High School, a 500-student boy's school started by Irish missionaries in 1963, in
Iten, a town in Kenya.
Brother Colm O'Connell, though no longer teaching at the school, is still a highly regarded coach in one of the world’s great running capitals. The school
plants a tree in honor of record-making alumni, though some of the more recent alumni are getting shrubs, to save space.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Aug 11, 2012 -
7 comments
In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination fro hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners. They come to Kila Raipur to see the special breed of bullocks, camels, dogs, mules and other animals competing in highly professional events. It is to be seen to be believed. In 1946, Mr. Bakhsish Singh was instrumental in getting the most popular event of the Games – the Bullock Cart Race – introduced. This is the annual
Kila Raipur Sports Festival, commonly called
The Rural Olympics.
This years games are over, but
photos of
various events are
being posted online. For one last taste,
here's a 10 minute video from the 2007 events.
posted by filthy light thief
on Feb 21, 2012 -
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