Tag: Olympic Games

Dare to Believe: Lauren Steadman

On: By: Philip Wake
I just happened to tune to Channel 4+1 at 12:20 and watched an inspiring short film called "Dare to Believe: Lauren Steadman" which was episode 6 of 7 Season 1 of a series with the theme "Dare to Believe" What an inspiring short film about a brave girl with one less arm that the rest of us doing superbly well as a world class swimmer but believing that she could do even better as a triathlete. She did and became World Champion 2 years in a row and only failed in 2016 due to a nasty accident. Read more [...]

On This Day 24 Years Ago – Barcelona Olympics 1992 unites the World!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 25th July 1992 the Olympic Games opened in the Spanish city of Barcelona with all countries present for the first time in modern history! A record 169 nations took part in the opening ceremony because of the extraordinary political changes since the last Olympic Games at Seoul in 1988. Also it was the first Olympiad since 1972 that no country boycotted the Games and all bans were lifted. The opening ceremony began with the lighting of the Olympic Flame with a flaming arrow fired by Read more [...]