Niños Triquis de Oaxaca son campeones en evento de Basketball en Argentina... Lo hacen descalzos... #orgullo #México pic.twitter.com/CeSZOe7JGp
— Cuervo (@Corvusinaloe) October 16, 2013
A team of Indian boys from Mexico swept the International Festival of Mini-Basketball, all while playing without shoes. The team from the Academy of Indigenous Basketball consists of boys of Trique heritage. Most are accustomed to going without shoes because their families can't afford them. “For them it’s normal to not have shoes, to walk barefoot,” Ernesto Merino, one of the coaches who is also Trique, told the Associated Press. Despite the lack of shoes, the team won the tournament, which was held in Argentina, 6-0. Get the Story:
Team of shoeless Indian kids from southern Mexico sweeps through youth basketball (AP 10/16)
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