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AP-APTN-2330: Uganda Olympics Wednesday, 15 August 2012 STORY:Uganda Olympics- Celebrations as hundreds welcome home gold medal winning runner LENGTH: 02:20 FIRST RUN: 1430 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 854769 DATELINE: Entebbe - 15 Aug 2012 LENGTH: 02:20 SHOTLIST: 1 Ugandan athlete Stephen Kiprotich, London Olympics marathon gold medal winner, descending from plane in Entebbe to applause 2 Mid of Kiprotich being greeted by Ugandan Minister of Education, Jessica Alupo, and young girl handing him flowers 3 Kiprotich with wife and baby in VIP lounge at Entebbe airport 4 Mid shot of Kiprotich alongside Alupo and wife 5 SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kiprotich, Ugandan athlete and London Olympics marathon gold medal winner: My people, my community, I am very happy today for your reception here at the airport 6 Mid of Kiprotich standing to have gold medal rearranged 7 SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kiprotich, Ugandan athlete and London Olympics marathon gold medal winner: The honourable minister she spoke something which touched me so much, about the facilities, the training grounds, I hope that what she has said should be handled quick, should be done immediately, because we are suffering A lot of athletes are there, they have talents but some of them they have not yet discovered they are talented because we have no facilities 8 Wide of people waiting outside VIP lounge 9 Crowd singing and chanting around Kiprotich 10 Mid of people drumming and singing 11 Wide of Kiprotich and ministers standing for national anthem 12 Wide of military parading past Kiprotich 13 Kiprotich inspecting a guard of honour alongside Alupo STORYLINE: Uganda's only medal winner at the London Olympics cried tears of joy as hundreds of people welcomed him home on Wednesday with celebrations of music and dance in honour of the African nation's first gold medal since the 1972 games in Munich Stephen Kiprotich's victory in the men's marathon race was also Uganda's first medal of any kind since the Atlanta Olympics 16 years ago, and was deeply felt by the nation Speaking at Entebbe airport, Kiprotich thanked the public for their welcome and said that the government needed to invest in sports in Uganda My people, my community, I am very happy today for your reception here at the airport, he said, adding a lot of athletes have talents but some of them they have not yet discovered they are talented because we have no facilities Lawmakers want to declare Kiprotich a national hero, and Ugandans are hailing him as a role model for their children So far 100,000 US dollars has been collected in a fundraising campaign whose goal is to collect half a (m) million dollars for the runner's benefit The athlete was unknown to most Ugandans before he won in London, but the 23-year-old has returned home a star and, shadowed by politicians, was ushered in through the VIP lounge of Entebbe International Airport upon his arrival Kiprotich's elderly father and mother, as well as scores of people from his home village, were there to greet him, as well a guard of honour, the kind of treatment usually reserved for high ranking officials Soon afterwards he was whisked away for a state breakfast with the Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni Kiprotich, who is married with two young children, formerly worked as a prison warder, juggling his duties with athletics His closest relatives live deep in eastern Uganda, and those who know him well say his success came against all odds On Thursday Uganda's parliament will hold a special session in honour of the athlete, and parliamentarian Odonga Otto said he would bring a motion seeking to have the athlete declared a national hero Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchivecom (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press All Rights Reserved) AP-NY-08-15-12 2028EDT