Unseen and alone no more, the refugee runner heard the cheers washing over him. It's one of welcoming and tolerance " the same sort of message he's trying to spread in his short time at the Olympics. The IOC called it a "symbol of hope'" for the ever-growing number of migrants and refugees around the world. Yet in a cavernous, mostly-empty stadium in Brazil, a world away from where he came from, Yiech Pur Biel felt as if he'd found one. That Yiech was able to run on the track with Rudisha for a day made anything seem possible.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 12, 2016 17:26 UTC