Eritrean National Record Holder Yared Asmerom Meets Local Kindergartners as Part of New Exchange Program Between Kanagawa and Eritrea
http://www.sankei.com/region/news/160224/rgn1602240057-n1.html translated by Brett Larner On Feb. 23 Kanagawa prefecture, slated to host the northeastern African country Eritrea 's pre-2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games training camps, announced the launch of the Sky Project exchange program. As the first event in the program, Beijing and London Olympic marathoner Yared Asmerom , 36, participated in an interactive event with local kindergarteners. Future activities will include similar events and promotion of Eritrea within Kanagawa. On the 23rd, Yared visited nursery schools and kindergartens in two different locations in the prefecture. At one, the Seisa Group Aobadai Nursery School and Kindergarten in Aobadai, Yokohama, children enjoyed running together with Yared, who laughed and smiled as he high-fived each student. Yared told the children, "If you keep practicing seriously, then in sports or whatever other area you pursue, every one of you can be...