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Sometimes without money in Timor and leaves with $ 5,000 Purchase of two patrol




21/06/2010 DILI (Reuters) - How to disembark in an unknown country without a visa, penniless and by leaving with $ 5,000 and a victory in the marathon after being housed in local president? The recipe Philimon Rotich, the holds.
This 33 year old Kenyan landed Friday in Dili, the capital of East Timor, southeast Asia, to align the test. He had not even money for her visa.
His luck was spotted in the airport the President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, and tackle without hesitation.
"It was God's will, because even in my country I've never met the president and I never told him my greetings presented," he told Reuters in broken English.
"Then he decided to invite me home."
Two days later, Philimon needed in fine style in the half marathon, received a gold medal and pocketed the first prize of $ 5,000. Tito Belo, Melina Jamain for the French service, edited by Pascal Liétout


Read the article at the IHT














On the "Marathon for Peace" in Dili, see (in English)
the AFP dispatch published in the Jakarta Globe "on line with an interview and a photo (above) of the Timorese marathoner Aguida Amaral

Published in French by the blog Milka's blog (warning: Automatic translation very average or even bad)


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