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Special Olympic Games champ works as maid

Special Gold Medalist in Los Angeles U.S.A in 2015,Susan Gatwiri at her home in Mwichuiri Village, in Kieni ,Nyeri,on February 15,2019.Gatwiri dropped out of school due to lack of school fees is now languishing in abject poverty.Kibata Kihu/Standard

Gatwiri struck double gold in the 2015 world’s sporting fiesta but leads squalid lifestyle.

You are standing inside Ruringu Stadium in Nyeri on a cold evening. You meet a group of athletes, bodies glistening from sweat.

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