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Article: The finish line is an MVP award ; Sintayehu Taye of Portland has found a home and a sport since leaving his native Ethiopia.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- July 17, 2005
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PAUL BETIT Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
07-17-2005
The finish line is an MVP award ; Sintayehu Taye of Portland has found a home and a sport since leaving his native Ethiopia.
Byline: PAUL BETIT Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Sports
Column: BOYS' TRACK MVP
When Sintayehu Taye was a boy in the village of Amigna Haro in southern Ethiopia, he never dreamed of being a track star.
"It was too hard for me to run," he said. "I didn't have shoes. I didn't have equipment."
Taye didn't race but he did play soccer. "There was no competitive sports like here," he said. "But we played soccer every day, everywhere."
Instead of the glossy-covered ball American kids use to play soccer, ...