NPR: Test Your Olympic Trivia Knowledge /// Kenyan Runners

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Kenyan Runners Dash To Olympic Gold, And Wealth

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The country has a rich tradition of producing elite athletes. Many of the world's best marathoners have come from a highland region above the Great Rift Valley, where they run along mountainous dirt roads at 8,000 feet above sea level. For many, training begins as a matter of necessity.

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Test Your Olympic Trivia Knowledge

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/28/157527229/test-your-olympic-trivia-knowledge

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July 28, 2012

Host Scott Simon talks to writer and trivia expert A.J. Jacobs about little-known facts regarding the Olympics.