- Hem Bunting
Hem Bunting, born December 12, 1985 [ [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=CAM/athcode=203146/index.html "Hem Bunting"] , IAAF website] , is a
Cambodia nmarathon er.Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in
Stung Treng Province . TheBritish Broadcasting Corporation has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains". He won a silver medal in the marathon and a bronze at the 5,000 metre race at the2007 Southeast Asian Games . He represented Cambodia in the marathon at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing , finishing 73rd in a time of 2:33:32. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7493076.stm "Against the Odds: Hem Bunting"] , BBC, July 21, 2008]Bunting had few facilities and little funding to prepare for the Olympics. He trained by running laps on a track simultaneously used by casual joggers, and could not afford to buy running shoes. His best time in the marathon is 2:26:28. The BBC's article on him moved one reader to send him new training shoes prior to the Beijing Olympics. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7576192.stm "Against the Odds: How did they do?"] , BBC, August 26, 2008]
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7505716.stm BBC News video about Hem Bunting]
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