It was his father!

Things don’t always work out
the way you’d like

Derek redmond was favoured to
medal in the Olympic 400 metre sprint

150 metres into the race
Derek felt a searing pain..

in agony, he fell to the ground
with a torn hamstring

not willing to give up

Determined to fnished the race…
he continued

Breaking through security
a man came to Derek’s side

It was his father!

“You don’t have to do this,” he told his son.
“Yes, I do,” he replied

“Well then, we’re going to finish this together!”

Together father and son continued

Shortly before the finish line,
Derek’s father let him go
to complete his race.

Receiving a standing ovation from
a crowd of over 65,000

When you don’t give up,

YOU CANNOT FAIL!

…………

Derek Redmond. Itu kisah ketika dia berlari semasa jadi wakil British di Barcelona. Dia cedera kat bahagian Achiles yang memang selalu jadi mimpi ngeri bagi mana-mana atlit lumba lari. Dan sekarang dah jadi pakar motivasi. Khidupannya berubah walaupun dia kecewa kerana kalah dalam perlumbaan bersejarah tersebut.

** Tapi aku nasihatkan korang, baca kisah sebenar dalam perlumbaan 400 meter ini dalam artikel yang bertajuk Derek-Redmond-The-day-changed-life

Ps: Lagu John Groban yang bertajuk “You raised me up” memang boleh buat aku nangis. Huh!

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