JAKARTA (Reuters) - Just over a year ago, Indonesian sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri could barely afford running shoes and was pretty much unknown outside his small village on the eastern island of Lombok.
That all changed in 10.18 seconds earlier this month when the 18-year-old orphan produced a blistering finish to beat the cream of the planet's junior sprinting talent in the 100 metres final at the under-20 world championships in Finland.
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