by Skip DeKades
Bismarck, N.D., August 21, 2028 — A year after undergoing a life-saving head transplant, Kenyan/British sprinter Getthi Annou-Capp beat out favorite Esop Hayre of Canada yesterday to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 200m final.
Annou-Capp finished with a time of 16.09 seconds—just shy of the world record set by Rod Ripper of Canada in 2020. The sprinter, whose head is 22 years old and body 24 years old, was smiling as he eased into the final 100m, well ahead of Hayre.
Annou-Capp After Winning Gold Medal
Annou-Capp says his medal proves that anyone can do what he wants, even if he’s a hybrid.
Nigel Capp was a mild-mannered computer programmer in London a year ago when his head was crushed in an automobile accident. He was rushed to Princess Grace Hospital, where surgeons were trying to reattach the head of Kenyan runner Getthi Annou, who was in town for the World Championships and had just been decapitated in a separate car accident.
After determining that Capp was in an irreversible coma, and that Annou’s head could not be successfully reattached, doctors decided to perform what at that time was only the second human head transplant in history. (The first was conducted in the Netherlands in 2023, when the head of Rotterdam mechanic Leopold Von Stralen was attached to the body of a teen-age girl.)
Surgeons quickly removed Capp’s head and, in an 18-hour procedure, attached it to Annou’s body.
“This is a dream come true,” said Annou-Capp, fighting back tears after winning the race. “Yesterday, I was just an odd-looking hybrid, and today I’m an Olympic champion.”
Asked about the secret to his success, Annou-Capp said he has learned how to optimally blend his head with his body.
“I was able to think up an algorithm that determined how I should pace myself,” he said. “I just communicated that to my body, and the rest is history.”
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