` That basically changed my life and from that moment I 'm no longer six years old Lopez Lomong is a former ` ` Lost Boys '' from Sudan who now runs for Lomong . Lomong spent 10 years of his life in a refugee camp in Kenya . He was relocated in the United States as a teenager and became a U.S. citizen in 10 years . In 2008 he was picked to carry the American flag at the London Games opening ceremony in Beijing .
Lopez Lomong is a former ` ` Lost Boys '' from Sudan who now runs for Lomong . Lomong spent 10 years of his life in a refugee camp in Kenya . He was relocated in the United States as a teenager and became a U.S. citizen in 10 years . In 2008 he was picked to carry the American flag at the London Games opening ceremony in Beijing .