Tuesday 9 August 2016

Vision and determination are the keys that can unlock any door..congrats Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan


Her family was displaced by war. She missed out on several years of school and, at the age of 19, she is still finishing her primary education.
But Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan has a dream. Actually, two dreams.She hopes one day to become a teacher. And on August 15 she wants to make South Sudan proud when she competes as a 200 meters runner at the Olympic Games in Brazil.
Margret's inspirational story has been seen by millions around the world in a TV advert. The film shows South Sudanese supporters chanting her name as she prepares to represent the world's youngest country at its first Olympics.
The teenager from Wau city previously had to overcome the odds to compete as an independent athlete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in China.
In another film made for the Olympics' YouTube channel, Margret - who has five brothers and sisters - talked about her training regime.
She said: “Sometimes I wake up and I have breakfast and other days I don’t have breakfast. Sometimes I can just buy a banana."
South Sudan has only one sports facility that  meets international standards.
“We have no facilities in South Sudan for our athletes to practise," said the President of the South Sudan Olympic Committee, Lt. General Wilson Deng Kuoirot.
"There are no qualified trainers and sports equipment in the country. It is like teaching without a classroom."
 
To Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan, vision and determination are the keys that can unlock any door


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