Zen and the art of making a horse jump over things
By Agence France-Presse | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-23 08:02
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Kenki Sato of Japan makes a lap with Toy Boy and the two gold medals he won in individual and team jumping at the 16th Asian Games on in 2010. Sato is a Buddhist monk who took leave from the Myoshoji temple near Nagano as he attempts to win an Olympic medal in London. Nicolas Asfouri / Agence France-Presse |
He'd prefer enlightenment to a medal, but when Japan's horse-riding Buddhist monk Kenki Sato saddles up for London 2012, he'll be representing one of the Olympics' more unusual families.
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