Despite the school-run training, Zersenay's sporting life began as a promising cyclist, another popular sport in Eritrea, until a row with team mates cut that short. Spotted by a local teacher, he then turned to running.Right now, the Eritrean is training to run the 10,000 metres in the world championships in Berlin in August and a half-marathon in Britain later in the year.
"My goal in the future is to break the world record for the half-marathon," he said. "You need luck on the day though."
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