My friend Jay Hicks over at PreraceJitters.com does it again with his timely and wondefully written and reported posts on everything happening and important in Track and Field. Keep up with everything exciting during the games with Preracejitters.com If your kids need a little inspiration for next year ,let them read this story. Perhaps they will think twice about a new pair of Nikes for National Championships. when they just got a pair for regionals ….(Well,maybe not but we can always hope) Another great T&F story of Courage and Inspiration.
Lost Boy,” Lopez Lomong Chosen to Carry U.S. Flag at Opening Ceremonies
Jay writes: “What a difference eight years can make. Eight years ago, Lopez Lomong was a man without a country, without his family, and without much of a future at that time.
Yet today the 1,500 meter runner was selected to the prestigious role of carrying the U.S. flat the Opening Ceremonies on Friday in front of a packed house at the National Stadium.
His life’s experience is every bit harrowing and inspiration.
Lomong is a “Lost Boy” of Sudan, a group of youth forced from their homes and traveled sometimes hundreds of miles through unimaginable conditions and survived against all odds. Thousands died along the way.”
Read the entire story of Lopez Lomong ,Thanks Jay!!
That’s what the Olympic Games are all about.
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