ait khamouch is a paralympic track and field athlete. he runs in 800 meter, 1,500 meter, 5,000 meter and marathon races. his first race was a race created french tourists in his hometown in morocco. he won the race, and the prize of a small blue truck. after the race, he talked to the morocco paralympic committee about competing in athletics, but moroccans said no. after he got to spain, he took part in a race in barcelona organized by el corte inglés in 2003. he did well and people took notice. he then raced in other races in the area. the athletics federation of catalonia and others helped ait khamouch get spanish citizenship in time for him to represent spain at the 2008 summer paralympics.