Great Olympic Moments

 

“The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish.” Billy Mills

Is it just me or are some of you going through Olympic WITHDRAWAL too?  I can’t get to sleep before 12:30-1am .Last night I just watched over and over C-Span and CNN .Yes it is over…. As my last post on things Olympic (well for now,,) Here are a few great Olympic moments from the past for Inspiration for you and your youth athlete in the Future. Here are 3 of TracKMom’s  ”Favorite Moments in Olympic History” .

 

1. Lawrence Lemieux

Canada’s Lawrence Lemieux leaving the race course during his sailing heat at the ‘88 Seoul games to rescue two Singaporean sailors racing in another event.He then resumed the race, finishing in twenty-first place in a field of thirty-two boats. At the time he was on pace to win ailver medal,but left the course to rescue Chan. The Pierre de Coubertin Medal for his heroic act. 

 2. Billy Mills

American Billy Mills blazed past Mohammed Gahmoudi and Ron Clarke in the last 20 meters,Mills appeared to be too far back to be in contention to win the 10K race at Tokoyo ‘64. But against all odds he ran a personal best by 50 seconds and the Gold. The sounds of the announcer screaming are priceless (you gotta see this), “Here comes Mills! Here comes Mills” 

 

3. Shun Fujimoto

In 1976 in Montreal, Japan’s Shun Fujimoto broke his knee on the floor of the men’s gymnastics team competition. Japan was defending; Soviets threatened to overtake them. To help his team secure Gold, Fujimoto continued on the rings, landing a 9.7 triple somersault dismount (9.7)  the highest score given at that time , saving Gold for Japan. He was noted to saying”My desire to win was greater than my moment of pain.” More of the story Here

 

There are many great athletes to learn about see  Going for Gold  

  Until Next Time

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