Powerful & Inspirational True Story
1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics
Who is Derek Redmond?
Words from the video:
Things don't always work out the way you'd like.
Derek Redmond was favored to medal in the Olympic 400-meter sprint.
150 meters into the race, Derek felt the searing pain.
In agony, he fell to the ground with a torn hamstring.
Not willing to give up, determined to finish 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," Derek 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: Wikipedia
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Redmond tore his hamstring in the 400 meters semi-final but continued the race limping and, with assistance from his father, managed to complete a full lap of the track as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Although Redmond was disqualified and listed as "Did Not Finish" due to the outside assistance finishing the race, the incident has become a well-remembered moment in Olympic history, having been the subject of one of the International Olympic Committee's "Celebrate Humanity" videos and been used in advertisements by Visa as an illustration of the Olympic spirit and featured in Nike's "Courage" commercials in 2008.
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Confucius
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