Kriss Akabusi, known for his larger-than-life laugh and prowess on the world athletics track, kept an audience engrossed at Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue on Sunday. Despite Olympic gold alluding him, Kriss won gold medals at a number of World and European Championships, as well as at the 1990 Commonwealth games in Auckland. During the evening he spoke not just of his achievements, but the many challenges he had to overcome en route to success. He is pictured with Rabbi Jason Kleiman and Martin Port
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