Olympian dad

[caroljane]

I don't know if you saw it in the US, it was a vignette from 1992. A British runner, whose name I forget, suffered an injury in his Olympic heat and collapsed. His father charged through security and onto the track and helped him across the finish line.

I thought, that is Eddie, If either of his sons had come to that situation, he would have done exactly the same thing.

His son's facebook recently, shout outed to fathers who are fathers and not just baby daddys. he said he hopes to be a father like his own someday.

I think he will be.

[Mikee]

Derek Redmond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKpZnok10s

[caroljane]

Oh, my goodness, I did not see the whole scene just a few seconds clip. there are tears in my eyes, thank you Mikee.

[Selene]

Carol...

You want tears...a double amputee since he was one (1) year old, yesterday he ran the Olympic four hundred meter race and qualified for the finals!!!!

Even in French this is absolutely beautiful! South African, GO TONY!, Oscar Pistorius, the interview, in English begins at about six (6) minutes in... Here is a fourteen (14) minute story about how he forged forward even after his mother's death when he was a teenager...Beautiful story!Adam

[caroljane]

And on the tears of laughter side, how hilarious were those badminton players trying to lose the game to each other?