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For Korir, successful surgery offered a second chance, both on the track and in the classroom.<\/p>\n
As well as allowing her to run properly again, she continued her education through Gynocare’s Young Fistula Programme.<\/p>\n
“I have a family in GynoCare, a fistula home,” she said.<\/p>\n
“That is where I schooled after my surgery until I finished my secondary level.”<\/p>\n
In 2019, Korir began competing professionally and two years later was part of the Kenyan duo which claimed a silver medal in the 2x2x400m mixed relay alongside her partner Ferguson Rotich at the World Relays in Poland.<\/p>\n
A year later she went one better, bagging gold as part of Kenya’s 4x400m relay team at the African Championships in Mauritius.<\/p>\n
The mile at this year’s Commonwealth Games was her first appearance in major global final.<\/p>\n
“I’m giving hope to young women maybe who have lost hope,” she said of her achievements.<\/p>\n
“They need to come back again in living and enjoying life.”<\/p>\n
Mabeya says Korir’s transformation makes her a powerful example to the women currently receiving support at Gynocare.<\/p>\n
“She makes them realise that you can actually pull yourself out of these struggles and still make it in life and succeed.<\/p>\n
“Naomi actually is one of those patients that inspires us to continue working very hard, because we struggle with this condition and these women. The work is not easy.”<\/p>\n
As a young girl, Korir sang in church and played the keyboard, convinced that music was a more likely career than athletics.<\/p>\n
“But now I’m in different career and I’m so happy,” she beamed.<\/p>\n
And with the World Championships in Beijing next year and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, Korir believes there is another chapter to write.<\/p>\n
“I know I’m a champion in life, because conquering fistula alone is being a champion.<\/p>\n
“Now I’m looking forward to be a champion in sport.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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