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Once the pride of the city, Sarajevo’s 1.2-kilometre-long bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track is now overgrown with weeds, covered in graffiti and riddled with bullet holes from the Bosnian War. Today, it serves mainly as a tourist attraction. For young Olympic hopefuls Hamza, Zlatan and Mirza, however, the track is more than a relic—it’s their training ground. Despite chronic government underfunding for the sport, the boys are buoyed by the steadfast guidance of their seasoned Olympic coach Senad Omanovic, and they dedicate years to refining their technique and turns on the decaying track, which stands as a powerful visual reminder of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ongoing post-war political struggles. Amid a large population of youth still grappling with economic despair and record levels of unemployment, the three use their sport and their dreams of representing their country in competition as a way to build a brighter, unified future. Aisha Jamal.
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The Track has been honoured with the True Life Fund, a philanthropic effort that annually raises money and awareness for the subjects of a new nonfiction film. This year, the True Life Fund offers tangible assistance to Mirza, Zlatan and Hamza featured in The Track and acknowledges that documentary filmmakers and festivals thrive because of the stories given to us by people.
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