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Article: BURUNDI RUNNER SHOWS HIS METTLE
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- July 30, 1996
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MIKE CELIZIC
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-30-1996
BURUNDI RUNNER SHOWS HIS METTLE
By MIKE CELIZIC
Date: 07-30-1996, Tuesday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: AT THE OLYMPICS
Biographical: DIEUDONNE KWIZERA
ATLANTA -- Dieudonne Kwizera was comfortable speaking English after his race,
as he would have been comfortable speaking Italian, French, German,
Swahili, or his native tongue, Kirundi.
In the Olympic program, he is a 1,500-meter runner from Burundi,
but that is the least of what Dieudonne Kwizera is and not even a hint
of what he represents. He is a cultured man from a savage land; a
shining symbol of what can be in a ...