'I reduced my running because of urine leaks' – Commonwealth finalist Korir
The 28-year-old was born with fistula, a medical condition in which abnormal openings develop between organs and can lead to uncontrolled leakage of urine or faeces.
Access to good obstetrics, or to simple surgery, means that the condition has all but disappeared in some countries, but it remains a problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where high quality medical care can be hard to access.
Korir was born with genitourinary tract fistula - an opening between bladder and vagina which caused her urine leakage.
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