Get out your tissues, these are good ones.
Remember the 1992 Barcelona Olympics? British runner Derek Redmond was favored to medal in the Men's 400 m. About a quarter of the way through the semi-finals, his hamstring tore. He goes down, the stretcher bearers run on the track, but he decides he wants to finish the race. He gets up, clearly in pain, and limps to the finish. Not tearing up yet? As he nears the finish line, his father runs to the track and assists him the rest of the way. He finishes, with a snapped hamstring, to a standing ovation. If this doesn't make you tear up, then you have a cold black heart and you can't be helped.
Okay crybabies, ready for the next one.
Kerri Strug, Atlanta Olympics 1996. The American women were in the lead for the team gold medal, it would be their first gold ever in that event. But then Dominique Moceanu fell on her two vaults. The last vaulter to go was Kerri Strug. She needed to nail her vault for the women to win. On the landing of her first vault she fell and hurt her ankle. She had to go again. On a bad ankle (she was later treated at the hospital for a severe lateral sprain and tendon damage) she attempted her next vault. It was great, and she landed on one foot. It scored a 9.712. She was hurt so bad that she couldn't make it off the mat without help. The women went on to win their first ever team gold in gymnastics.
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