Who collapsed during olympics and crossed the finish with their dad?
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Who collapsed during olympics and crossed the finish with their dad?In tutorial a while back, we were show a youtube clip of this inspirational story.
It was filmed during an olympic mens track race (final?), I think a short/middle distance. And I think somewhere between the 1960s and 90s.
The athlete collapsed with not that far to go. I think he had a serious leg/ankle/foot injury. He was on the ground for ages and his dad pushed through the crowd to get to him. In the end he got up and hobbled to the finish line with the help of his dad and got a rediculously slow time (maybe 15m - half an hour for 800m? or soemthing like that), but was disqualified cos of the help from his dad. When he crossed the finish line, he got a standing ovation from the whole stadium.
Can anyone shed any light on who it was and when? And possibly a youtube clip?Last edited by Clare~Bear; 21-06-2012 at 19:14. -
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Re: Who collapsed during olympics and crossed the finish with their dad?Derek Redmond in the 1992 400m semi-final in Barcelona! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKpZnok10s
Last edited by MittenRef; 21-06-2012 at 19:04.
You had little info to go on, but it's not something that happens often.
