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A photo of Weini Kelati running.

Weini Kelati of the New Mexico Lobos races to a victory in the 10,000 meter run during the Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium on June 6, 2019 in Austin, Texas.

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images.

How Weini Kelati Went From Asylum Seeker to Olympian

The Eritrean-born runner is making her first Olympics as an American, a decade after she chose to seek asylum there at the age of 17.