What a race! Everyone was expecting Katie Hoff the american swimmer to win and despite swimming a tactically flawed race Hoff had it in the bag until the last 5 centimetres! We were always taught to dive for the tape in our school athletics, to remember that the race is not over till the end. Now i’m sure there’s a sermon illustration for any sermons on Paul’s second letter to Timothy in there somewhere.I do feel really sorry for the recurring nightmares Hoff will have after losing Olympic Gold by 7 hundreds of a second. But what a race Adlington put in – the never say die attitude – after appearing to be completely out of medal contention. Her outstretched fingers powering into the wall at the end has given her a place in history. The first female british medal winner in 40 years – she has a swimming pool named after her and she’s only 19 years old!
Apparently her parents used the incentive of designer shoes to help her keep getting back in the pool. She would need a lot of incentive as the training is gruelling.
Well done Rebecca!
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I wonder if the Evangelical Alliance will start a rewards scheme for staff that includes giving a theological text to any member of staff that makes it onto team GB for 2012