• Scots claim two Olympic berths as fastest British men
• Ally Dixon and Sonia Samuels qualify for women’s team at Rio 2016Tsegay Tewelde bears the scars on his brow from a landmine that exploded next to him when he was eight,killing his friend and wounding him in five places. The Eritrea-born athlete has rarely stopped running since. He claimed asylum in Scotland in 2008 after authorities ruled he was likely to face persecution back domestic. And in his first marathon, he summoned a performance of immense willpower to run 2:12:23 – a time good enough to qualify for the British Olympic team this summer.
When asked what it meant to be representing his unique country, and the 25-year-old began to gently sob. “I had a bomb accident when I was eight years old,” he said. “I had a serious injury, five places on my body, or scar on my head. I’m feeling very,very tired after the race but I got through it. I will try my best for Rio.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com