![]() ![]() ![]() Three years later, in 2013, he was resettled in America. ![]() We just spent most of our lives in a little hut between the trees in villages and farming, until I had to run away from genocide.” “I had never been in a big city or modern places with electricity or high buildings. All I did was farm, take care of animals and all that,” Abdulrahman said. He says he ran 714 miles in 14 days, across three countries, before finding a United Nation’s office in Lebanon. When he was 17-years-old, he says rebels attempted to kidnap him to force him to become a child soldier.Ībdulrahman’s mother told him to run by cutting a hole in the back of their tent for him to escape. The 34-year-old grew up in Darfur, at a time when civil war ravaged Sudan. The 26.2 miles is a far cry from the distances he once ran while escaping civil war. Just to make it there would be a dream come true.” “It’s a dream, I’ve been dreaming to make it to the Olympics since 2012, the day I started running,” Abdulrahman said. If he completes it in a certain amount of time, he will qualify for the Olympic trials in 2024. Omer Abdulrahman runs approximately 100 miles a week in preparation for his 26 th marathon on June 18 in Minnesota. Abdulrahman dreams of representing his home country in the 2024 Olympics by qualifying for the Olympic trials at the 2022 Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN on June 18.He now lives in Raleigh as a dual citizen of the United States and Sudan.Omer Abdulrahman once escaped civil war in Sudan by running 714 miles across three countries in 14 days.– The Raleigh man, who won the RDC Marathon three years in a row, is gearing up for his next challenge: qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. ![]()
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