Melubo Letema
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John Stephen Akhwari was a Tanzanian distance runner who ran the marathon at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He is best remembered as a subject in a Bud Greenspan film of those Olympics.
Akhwari was hobbled by a leg injury, and ran with his knee fully bandaged, but he refused to quit, walking some, and limping many of the final miles. Greenspan’s cameras focused on Akhwari’s efforts to finish the race, long after the other finishers, and in the dark, quoting him as saying, “My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race.”
Akhwari, however, was actually a very good distance runner. He placed fifth in the marathon at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, also running the 10,000 metres at those Games.
In Tanzania Akhwari was awarded the National Hero Medal of Honor in 1983, and started the John Stephen Akhwari Athletic Foundation that supports Tanzanian athletes training for the Olympics.
Personal Best: Mar – 2-15:05 (1970).
{{ Nchi ya Australia, walianzisha Mfuko Maalum utakaowasaidia Watanzania kuweza kukimbia kama John Stephen Akhwari,
Sasa, wabongo wakiwepo wanariadha wakongwe walishindwa kutoa Majibu Sahihi, wakachukua pesa zile na kula, mwisho wa siku Wazungu wakashindwa kutusaidia.
Wengine waliwaambia Wazungu huyo Mzee ameshakufa, Wengine walisema huyo Mzee ni mlevi hawezi chochote na mambo Mengine kadha wa kadha..
Ukweli, Mzee yupo vizuri huko mbulu , anaishi maisha yake...wajanja wamekula sana Pesa za Misaada ya riadha na center za Michezo...
Tanzania Tutafika mbali sana , tukiacha Ubinafsi.
John Stephen Akhwari was a Tanzanian distance runner who ran the marathon at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He is best remembered as a subject in a Bud Greenspan film of those Olympics.
Akhwari was hobbled by a leg injury, and ran with his knee fully bandaged, but he refused to quit, walking some, and limping many of the final miles. Greenspan’s cameras focused on Akhwari’s efforts to finish the race, long after the other finishers, and in the dark, quoting him as saying, “My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race.”
Akhwari, however, was actually a very good distance runner. He placed fifth in the marathon at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, also running the 10,000 metres at those Games.
In Tanzania Akhwari was awarded the National Hero Medal of Honor in 1983, and started the John Stephen Akhwari Athletic Foundation that supports Tanzanian athletes training for the Olympics.
Personal Best: Mar – 2-15:05 (1970).
{{ Nchi ya Australia, walianzisha Mfuko Maalum utakaowasaidia Watanzania kuweza kukimbia kama John Stephen Akhwari,
Sasa, wabongo wakiwepo wanariadha wakongwe walishindwa kutoa Majibu Sahihi, wakachukua pesa zile na kula, mwisho wa siku Wazungu wakashindwa kutusaidia.
Wengine waliwaambia Wazungu huyo Mzee ameshakufa, Wengine walisema huyo Mzee ni mlevi hawezi chochote na mambo Mengine kadha wa kadha..
Ukweli, Mzee yupo vizuri huko mbulu , anaishi maisha yake...wajanja wamekula sana Pesa za Misaada ya riadha na center za Michezo...
Tanzania Tutafika mbali sana , tukiacha Ubinafsi.
