Haftu Strintzos's remarkable journey from shepherd to Australian marathon record holder | ABC NEWS

Australian long-distance runner, Haftu Strintzos, shares his 'double life' from being a barefoot shepherd in Ethiopia, adopted and migrating to Melbourne as a child, to claiming the national marathon record on just his fourth attempt.

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