An American in Lima

Great news for fans of María Portilla, the Andean-born marathon runner who represented Peru in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

Maria Portilla (center) runs in the Baltimore Marathon / photo by Kristine Buls/Examiner

Portilla won the Baltimore Women’s Marathon this past Saturday, October 11, with a time just shy of the Peruvian national record.
The Baltimore Examiner [...]

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Sixto Barrera carries Peru’s flag during Opening Ceremonies, Beijing Summer Olympic Games, August 2008

Peruvian wrestler Sixto Barrera, who represented his country in the Beijing Summer Olympic Games of 2008, was honored on August 26 by the United Nations, reports RPP Noticias.
The wrestler was decorated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for setting an inspirational example [...]

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Seventeen days ago I wrote a short post on “The Big Olympics and Little Peru,” about my shifting perspective, as an American expat in Lima, on the Olympic Games.
I thought that one post would be it on the Olympics.
Instead, as I dug for background material on Peru’s thirteen Olympians, I discovered that little was being [...]

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I’m very happy because I gave it my all, and everything went well. I am happy — very happy. The weather was good; happily I improved my time, and that’s very gratifying,” Portilla told RPP News on Sunday.

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This story continues the coverage began in Keeping up with Peru’s Olympians, posted August 11. 
BEST PLACE TO VIEW LIVE OLYMPICS COVERAGE
Log onto http://www.NBCOlympics.com for streaming videos and up-to-the-minute coverage of the events as they happen.  The site is in English and is easily navigated. Now I can stop kvetching about the poor Olympics coverage by Peruvian television stations.
WRESTLING [...]

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