Eamonn Coghlan travels to Kenya to meet World Athlete of the Year David Rudisha and his coach, Brother Colm O’Connell, the Irish priest who with little training has gone on to train over a dozen Olympic athletes over the last three decades.
Winner of “Best Sports Documentary” at the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, 2012.
Edited by Emer O’Clery in Big Red Engine.
Directed by Maurice Sweeney, produced by Anne McLoughlin and Jamie D’Alton, © Motive Television/Setanta 2011.
Broadcast on BBC4 as “Born To Run – The Secret of Kenyan Athletics”, July 2012.