Identifying Olympic Runner

I'm looking for some help from you, the good reader! There's an Olympic runner and I simply cannot remember his name. I can remember the story, but his name absolutely eludes me at the moment. Various Yahoo and Google searches haven't helped, so I'm hoping someone who reads this might be able to remember this fellow's name.

He was an Olympic runner. I think he was from England. He was running in a qualifying heat in a recent Olympics. It was a sprint, not long-distance. Partway through the race, he pulled up with a bad leg injury. After stopping, he wanted to finish the race. He was clearly in great pain, but he limped along, wanting to finish running the race. Eventually, the pain was too great, but he continued to move forward. Finally, someone stepped out of the crowd and helped him to the finish line. But for the life of me, I cannot remember his name. Does anyone know who I'm talking about?

Posted by: Ogre at 01:02 PM

Comments

1 You might be referring to Derek Redmond. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Redmond

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Posted by: Brandon Dixon at July 17, 2007 02:49 PM (kUMvN)

2 Yes, that's him! Thank you so much!

Posted by: Ogre at July 17, 2007 02:56 PM (oifEm)

3 I have no idea.

???

But will come back to find out!

Posted by: Raven at July 17, 2007 02:56 PM (5Wy5n)

4 ooh Ogre is happy!! He knows now.

So what about him Ogre??

Posted by: Raven at July 17, 2007 02:58 PM (5Wy5n)

5 What about him? Well, first, he's a pretty awesome runner -- and his story about that injury and just going on is really great. If you've never seen that video, you should.

He runs the sprint and injures his leg (torn hammy). Then he just refuses to quit. He's in massive, massive pain, but he keeps going. Finally his Dad comes out from the stands (not the government) and helps him hobble along. But he finally makes it to the end, never giving up -- even though he clearly already lost the race.

Very inspirational -- and much how I feel battling for freedom. I can't win, but I'm not going to stop trying.

Posted by: Ogre at July 17, 2007 03:01 PM (oifEm)

6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVse8__6Hk

Posted by: Harvey at July 19, 2007 02:57 PM (L7a63)

7 Oh yeah, thanks Harvey. That's the one.

GOOD stuff.

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