http://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/p-gn-tp0-20090703-513564.html translated by Brett Larner National-level track and ekiden powerhouse Chukyo High School of Gifu Prefecture announced on July 2nd that a then-18 year old Kenyan man who disappeared two years ago while running on the private school's team as a third-year exchange student was found in Nagoya in April. The former student was discovered by Nagoya police when they stopped him on the street to investigate whether the bicycle he was riding was stolen. When asked for identification the Kenyan man, now 20, told police officers, "My visa has expired and I want to go back to my country," before being taken to the Nagoya Immigration Violation Prison. By the time of Chukyo's announcement the former student had already been deported. Chukyo High School Vice-Principal Hisashi Wada (46) discussed the case, saying the man had become an exchange student at the school in April, 2005 and had run in the National High S...
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