There are at least two moments which give inspirations to me. The first one is Abebe Bikila, a track-and-field athlete from Ethiopia, who won two Olympic gold medals in the marathon in 1960 in Rome Italy. There are two reasons why this moment is really interesting for me. First, he won the marathon without wearing shoes and he broke the time record. I don’t know why he did not wear shoes at that time, but his feet should be really strong to bear the harsh friction with the surface of the road without bleeding. It means he exercised so hard that his feet became callous. Second, he was not a professional athlete at the first time. Some athletes are prepared to participate in the Olympics when they are teenagers/pre-teenagers, but Bikila was a member of the imperial bodyguard of Haile Selassie I, the Ethiopian emperor. It means he did not do sport as his profession and he still won.
The second most inspiring moment in Olympics is when Carl Lewis finally won gold medal in 1988 after the IOC found that Ben Johnson, his main competitor, had tested positive for steroids. Sometimes, in our life, a lot of things are unfair. When we try to be honest, some other people are cheating to win competition. However, some cheating cases don’t get disclosed and the most hardworking people don’t get their rewards for what they sacrifice.
In conclusion, I believe that hardworking attitude and integrity is important not only in sport but also in our daily life. For me the two stories above are really moving and inspiring.
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