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Family calls for help for athlete who lives under a tree in Laos Republic

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Kenyan athlete Benjamin Chepkwony in a public park in Vientiane, Laos Republic. He has been living under a tree in the park for months. [Photo: Courtesy]

The family of an athlete said to be stranded and living in a public park in Vientiane, Laos Republic, South East Asia, is seeking help to evacuate him.

Marathoner Benjamin Chepkwony from Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County left Kenya on December 4 last year to compete at the Vientiane Marathon, according to an athlete friend Enock Kigen.

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