Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records and won Paralympic golds.
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records and won Paralympic golds.
In 1995, promising Kenyan runner Henry Wanyoike suffered a stroke and lost his sight. After initially feeling depressed, Henry learnt how to run tethered to a guide and went on to a set a series of long-distance running records for the blind. Henry Wanyoike talks to Alex Last.
(Photo: Henry Wanyoike, right, with his guide on a run in 2013. Credit: Getty Images)