the now of next after the break sports lives needs a kenyan kayaker was dreaming of olympic gold. but most 1st class i'm visa hurdles, told me you're like, well, if you're watching the we say they're about never giving up every weekend on the w. i know did hi i right, just do it that i'm hosting dw newport past. thanks. trace amount,

but it's actually about move join us as we travel around your, facing the history of every day of that. and that's something right around the world. no need to talk to that, just to subscribe already. listen to part costs and we'll take you along to the right. the . this is one of kenya's based kayak is in training. if i would, if i leave it like our 1st pta meeting olympics and this level kaya, so that's a beacon lots well it's happening championships held almost exclusively in europe for africans like sammy missouri. that can be an obstacle for us to go out and participate in any event for throughout the country. we have to get lots of documents. submitting all those documents is not that

a 100 percent likely. i went to get visas, so there is someone behind the desk somewhere who have to be side of jacob at different points and decide whether you're going to go out or not the few natural landscapes of basis use it for slalom kind of training. then central can use to gone over the god you sent me to re grew up just steps from its banks often is region was chosen to host the african championships for slalom kayaking. in 2015, he began to see the roses with fresh eyes. i used to see him fed somewhat to somebody taking the back home and i was young after we had that. i think i tend to shift everyone around. what do they call? so there's a big sport this big schools in spite sammy and he started to become

a kayak pioneer and kenya with minimal equipment. so guys, i'm ready for team today. so that's my hadn't met my jacket in my face. my father used to be a kayak puddle, double bled on one blade. good broken that's available. uh, stick. i decided to improvise profits around it, and i use it for my training. so improvisation is key as somebody is preparing to take part in the canoe. sloan and world cup in spain and the bull championships in london, which double as the qualifies for the power still impacts. he's keenly aware of the resource gap between the gear he has and what's available in europe. most of the other the lived in france and they have easy access on kayaks in for that coupon for us to get maybe like a bottle of a kayak in the country. it will cost

a lot. like because we are using right now. the old old button, we just try to maintain them because we know it's hard to get any of the equipments down here for the last few months and few weeks we have been training really hard. he's a tough athlete now about the 1st steps on the what was the were not so easy when i joined the club this level i so i would, i had some friends who helped me for me. i do enjoy every minute when i'm in the city, but my main thing calling think maybe in winning that with these way up to those people. and i just want to see the packing going and coming a big boat slalom kayaking involves completing the costs of

hunting gates and the fastest time possible. green gates across 12 moving down stream rate gates must be crossed in an upstream direction. states in europe, often training into a facilities without the official with is and 5 the gloss gates. but here on this, the gone to semi and his friends make do with what they have in kenya. the as of, if you meant and infrastructure you have the most chatted us compared to other countries. this loan get. uh, so important that is uh you have to maneuver that on the uh, green falls uh, reviews thing and cable. then you have like both types. so we painted them green and red just to identify the ups. do you mind the dosing? yes. yeah. that's our own we own house to do our level for see if

as this disposing and the equipment related obstacles went enough. the biggest challenge lies ahead for sammy guessing visa is in the capital, nairobi we seem to have around like 1010 days before we fly out for our form of edition. uh for the couple of days we, we've not been saying we've been to night will be almost for like 3 or 4 days. dressing for going for 2 different offices looking for a visa and all that. but yesterday and today we had a chance to do a training. that's why, how this my, on my, on my face, i like what, uh and this is almost like going. but the space of his visa sagas, seeing returns at home, piles of documents are still waiting to be submitted to the spanish and purchased embassies. a complicated process yet for us to go out and

participate in an event in the country. we have to get lots of documents is uh like passports because invitations slater's our bank statements uh, premium. okay. uh they quote statements on and all that stuff. i don't know why they do ask for all those documents in as an identity. you seem to have something to come back home for like you have a happy family. you have like the duties from home. you will not kind that i would we yeah. if you go out there, you're not like going and thing definitely in the let's it doesn't feel comfortable for you. yes. all those kind of questions and you're just going for sportsmen turned back on. so if i don't get a chance the on the on these events, and i'll have to wait for another like for if i can use that same mall and

wait for like the nickel calling because somebody has good reason to be consent of to being invited to the u. k. olympic qualifying 2015. he applied his 1st post post at great personal expense, but the bridge is visa was never issued and his documents languished on used for another half decade. it's a problem sized by many african athletes, even at the highest levels in 2022 visa, today's course canyon spencer funding. not on yana to be left behind, while his teammates travelled ahead to the world athletics championships in the united states. the o africa recruit holder had his visa, denial reversed at the last minute and ended his 20 hour plane journey to 3 hours before his $100.00 mesa race began. hardly ideal conditions. first, supposing, superstar office like been in these athlete or d o m, i knew were even less fortunate despite being the only african to qualify for the

contests hip test alone. she was never grown to the visa at all. even well, huge business travelers face months, long backlogs, when applying for visas at western embassies with the interview process can be grueling and invasive or so actually it's like semi the recurring 2 hour bus. jenny to nairobi means he's at a disadvantage. so for us to get visas, we have to stay out of the water and we have to go out and it will be done every day. slipping our sessions on training. somehow visit for cameras. i'm not allowed inside the embassies, so we catch up with sammy, for a tea break, as he prepares to drop off his final application for a visa to spain. yeah, it has been a long day looking for visas. i have my documents here and the already,

they don't know, the guy behind the desk went up. he's going to approve all my documents. and i've done this before going into the it was the and sometimes i didn't actually, on the time, i didn't mondays to get visas, so i don't know what time remaining we'd be dropping these documents into the building over there. i'm hoping we'll get a visa the application is now out of sammy's hands, and he's able to focus on what he loves most, preparing for his upcoming contests, and motivating a new generation of sedona locals to take an interest in this for the . okay, you'll continue getting speech when you go into those suite much about the forward sweets and bucks week's window, but then you come back are all right, let's see it now do it so know. nice.

so uh, bands on he's one of the other thing we have, i don't think i know he was like the best junior uh uh for the last one. but this year he was meant to come with us in spain. but he didn't have uh, fox sports, and i'm sure it was a hustle for visas. yeah, we have a big group. nobody say you know from the same area vo wishing me luck out there. and i'm happy to be present them, you know, big events. and i also know how before we got them, i know um yeah, i'm so tired man, reading this training. it was to find the boat next month. what i'm doing next month. we have 2 competitions as a world cup and the world championships. emily, i finally divide, i don't know if this training of ours will be enough for us to go over there and compete with those guys. window companies. now, my demo with a boat,

there's visa stuff about the stuff. yeah. it's been hard when a night will be to go to night, ruby and come back, things like that. but anyway, let's try what we can. we gotta do. i'm just waiting to see if this visa can be go and tell you that. let's hold on one. so it's almost time for lunch. why do we head up and drop something to eat? sure. the day of sammy's departure has finally arrived and he's delighted by the news from the spanish embassy. today the day. i'm so excited . i'm heading to the airport. i already have the buddy's visa, so i'm going to put this in my country in spite. but unfortunately, i don't have the u. k visa. so i will have to send my passport back home to get a visa for you. k to be something. uh, they're gonna say bucks does hoping all everything will go to summer would be as um,

you know, for the guns, even though my boss bought uh my boss. uh, i would set it like spock to kenya. and um, kind of, i don't know where the, the goodness done fit, toner, sunny is u. k. visa was ultimately granted, bought his passport was mailed back late. he had to re book his flight and last important days for preparation in london. sammy came in a c fast as of 105 and failed to qualify funds. he tells us his dream of becoming the 1st pallet to be present. can you at the olympics still lives on the

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