October 2, 2023
They’re members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Association (SLASA), an organization co-founded by pastor Mambud Samai in 2001 after he returned home toward the end of Sierra Leone’s deadly civil war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002 and killed at least 50,000 people across the country. Thousands more were left with missing limbs during
READ MOREThe 26-year-old is leading by example after he secured multiple victories this year. In May, Omanyala was first to the men’s 100 meter finish line at the World Athletics Continental Tour. The following month, he clinched first place in the 100m again after a photo-finish at the African Athletic Championships. And Omanyala earned Kenya its
READ MOREAt age 23, Franck N’Dri became the first Olympic rower from Ivory Coast when he participated in the Tokyo 2020 Games. With guidance from his coach, Canadian former Olympic rower Timothy Turner, N’Dri was able to honor the ambition of his late father, a man who was a national kayaking champion. His father introduced N’Dri
READ MORE“(My father) was pretty surprised by my question,” she said. “He asked me if I really wanted to play this sport and I said, ‘yes,’ and he got me a coach and I started playing golf.” The rest was history. Essien entered her first competition the same year and proved to be a natural, placing
READ MOREWhen Lesein Mutunkei scores a goal, he plants 11 trees — one to represent each player on his team. He’s tackling the nation’s daily loss of an estimated 50 football pitches worth of forest area. “Football is a universal game and climate change is a universal problem,” Mutunkei said. “[It] has the power to connect,
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