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Ben Shemen, Israel

00:11 to 00:18
Ageze Guadie
Olympic Athlete

00:22 to 00:28
Courtesy Marathon Photos.com 

00:38 to 00:49
Ageze Guadie
Olympic Athlete

01:01 to 01:08
Ageze Guadie
Olympic Athlete

01:17 to 01:27
Oren Lieberman 
CNN, Central Israel

01:27 to 01:39
Ageze Guadie
Olympic Athlete

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DESPITE ALL THE CONTROVERSY AND THE POLITICS IN THE RUN-UP TO THE GAMES - FOR ATHLETES OF ALL COUNTRIES, JUST MAKING IT TO THE OLYMPICS IS A TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT.
OREN LIEBERMANN MET A MARATHON RUNNER WHO TELLS HIM RIO WAS HIS DREAM - AND HE DIDN"T LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY. 

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AGEZE GUADIE IS THE MOST UNLIKELY OF OLYMPIANS.
FOR YEARS... HE WAS TOLD HE WASN"T STRONG ENOUGH...
...WASN"T FAST ENOUGH.
(Ageze Guadie, Olympic Athlete)(English translation) 
"All the professionals discounted me. I said, "No, you have to take me seriously. I am going. If you know what you want, you can get it.""
HE PUT IN THE HOURS... CLOCKED THE MILES... AND SIGNED UP FOR THE ROTTERDAM MARATHON.
HE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN 2 HOURS 18 MINUTES AND 53 SECONDS - JUST BEATING OUT THE OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIME BY A MERE 7 SECONDS. 
THE 27-YEAR-OLD ETHIOPIAN ISRAELI WAS GOING TO RIO.
(Ageze Guadie, Olympic Athlete)(English translation) 
"If you work hard you go far. There are no short cuts. I have always worked hard. I was in a boarding school. You have to cope on your own. You are independent. That gave me more strength to believe in myself." 
GUADIE IS ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LOCAL FAME.
HE COULDN"T STOP SMILING AT THE TEAM PHOTO SHOOT - NOT KNOWING WHICH CAMERA TO LOOK AT - OR HOW TO POSE.
(Ageze Guadie, Olympic Athlete)(English translation) 
"I am enjoying it. If you enjoy it, you do even better. Especially for me because I am doing what I love. I am learning and my whole life is around sport."
HIS HOME IS A LONG WAY FROM THE OLYMPICS...
...A STUDENT TRAILER IN CENTRAL ISRAEL.
HE SHARES IT WITH HIS TRAINING PARTNER...
THEIR RUNNING SHOES STACKED AT THE ENTRANCE.
(Oren Liebermann) 
"This is your home - this is the home of an Olympian? You can almost reach from one side to the other, but this is not what"s important to you."
(Ageze Guadie, Olympic Athlete)(English translation) 
"What"s important is that you want to make it, you dream about making it. Dreams are very important, it doesn"t matter which building you live in, what"s important is that you believe."
THE NEXT MORNING... AGEZE GUADIE IS UP BEFORE DAWN.
...RUNNING 23 MILES BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT.
AT THE END OF HIS RUN... HE IS AGAIN SMILING.
A CROWD HAS GATHERED AROUND HIM.
...CHEERING ON THE OLYMPIAN.
NOW HE"S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO BELIEVES.
OREN LIEBERMANN... CNN... CENTRAL ISRAEL.

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OLYMPICS ISRAEL RIO AGEZE GAUDIE RUNNING MARATHON ETHIOPIA



Netherlands, Rotterdam, ABN-AMRO Marathon 2014.Runners on Erasmus bridge

Rotterdam Skyline, Time Lapse

Skyline of Rotterdam with high skyscrapers and Erasmus cable-stayed bridge, Netherland

Dutch cityscape view of day time Rotterdam green forest areas

4K color vertical footage of Rotterdam downtown Coolsingel from a high angle.

Dutch cityscape view of day time Rotterdam green forest areas

The skyline of Rotterdam with her bridges and architecture seen from the river. Static shot.

Skyline of Rotterdam with high skyscrapers and Erasmus cable-stayed bridge, Netherland

Skyline of Rotterdam with high skyscrapers and Erasmus cable-stayed bridge, Netherland

4K time-lapse: Rotterdam Downtown and market hall Netherlands, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 3840x2160 Format

Dutch cityscape view of day time Rotterdam green forest areas

Aerial view of Erasmus Bridge and De Rotterdam building in Rotterdam. Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the Nieuwe Maas river in the center of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. Behind the bridge looms De Rotterdam, a building on the Wilhelminapier, designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, a Dutch architectural firm based in Rotterdam, founded in 1975 by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Greek architect Elia Zenghelis, along with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.