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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/FF1BB4E1-2489-4B4C-B10A-259707614464" alt="guardian.co.uk logo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><H1 class="article-no-standfirst">Sudanese 'lost boy' finds joy on US Olympic track team</H1></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/france/sport/Olympic-Games-Logo.jpg" href="http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/france/sport/Olympic-Games-Logo.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.enjoyfrance.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/france/sport/Olympic-Games-Logo.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.enjoyfrance.com/img/6E728BE8-C67D-4CD7-AED0-31A4938316F4" alt="http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/france/sport/Olympic-Games-Logo.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>It's not likely the pressure of the Olympics will get to Lopez Lomong.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>He has, after all, visited his own grave.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>Seventeen years ago, when Lomong was 6, Sudanese rebels snatched him from a church. His parents presumed their second son was dead until they were reunited in December.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>Then, together, they visited the Catholic cemetery in their village of Kimotong.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>"They'd made a funeral for me," Lomong said. "They had this pile of stones and things like that. They'd buried some of my childhood stuff. Symbols. A necklace. Other things from me."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>Happily, they disassembled the pile and dug up the artefacts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>Now, the 23-year-old runner will compete for the United States in the 1,500-meter run in Beijing.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=74858504&text=Lopez+Lomong" href="http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=74858504&text=Lopez+Lomong" style="font-size: 11px;">www.jamd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=74858504&text=Lopez+Lomong"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.jamd.com/img/0E064BFD-B1F8-457D-950F-C439D91D1261" alt="AT&T USA Outdoor Track And Field Championships - Day 1" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.techgadgets.in/mobile-phones/2007/08/samsung-olympic-games-campaign-mobile-phones-introduced/" href="http://www.techgadgets.in/mobile-phones/2007/08/samsung-olympic-games-campaign-mobile-phones-introduced/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.techgadgets.in</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techgadgets.in/mobile-phones/2007/08/samsung-olympic-games-campaign-mobile-phones-introduced/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.techgadgets.in/img/FA8CC597-8CA2-4D2C-82BD-CDAFEFD9630F" alt="Samsung Olympic logo" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/18/usa.sudan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"><P>That might be an intimidating scenario for someone else. 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