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'I reduced my running because of urine leaks' – Commonwealth finalist Korir

Commonwealth Games finalist Naomi Korir recently shared how overcoming a congenital birth defect transformed her athletic career and personal life. The Kenyan runner was born with a genitourinary tract fistula, a medical issue that caused continuous urine leakage and forced her to abandon endurance running for shorter sprinting events as a child.

Following three operations, the final procedure in August 2013 at the Gynocare Hospital successfully resolved the condition for the then-thirteen-year-old athlete. Directed by Caroline Mabeya, the medical facility provides free surgical interventions and recovery support to marginalized women suffering from social isolation and stigma associated with the ailment.

After regaining her health, Korir managed to resume proper training and continued her education through the institution's specialised youth initiative before eventually securing a fifth-place finish in the mile final at Glasgow.

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