In 1994, Italian pentathlete Mauro Prosper was competing in a 145 mile endurance event through the Sahara desert in Morocco.
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During the race, a sandstorm disoriented Prosperi, causing him to run nearly 200 miles in the wrong direction, and he soon found himself completely… pic.twitter.com/WwVYP2lFM5