Sydney McLaughlin, US Olympian Gold
Medalist Gives “All Glory to God” After Breaking her Five mounts old World
Record. She is not the only believing athlete in the Olympics.
South Africa’s Tatiana Schoenmaker, who won the 200-meter
backstroke, is also a Christian, as is a part of the Fiji rugby team, who sang
praise to the Lamb and praise to God after winning gold in
Tokyo.
And then Nicola McDermott from Australia won the silver
medal ib the high jump.
Athing Mu, who comes
from South Sudan, won Olympic gold in the 800m as a 19-year-old. She’s the
first U.S. woman to win the event since 1968. “As a follower of Christ,
our main goal is to live in the image of Jesus in order to connect to
God.” She, along with Sydney McLanguin, also won a gold in
the 4x 400 metres final,
Another
U.S. Olympian who set a record despite incredible challenges is 400m sprinter
Allyson Felix. In Tokyo, she earned the distinction of becoming the most
decorated U.S. track star in history, with 11
medals over five Olympics. However, she almost didn’t live to see this one.
Source:
Stonestreet, John, 2021. Olympic Stories More Lovely than Silver and Costly than Gold. Colson Center for Christian 8.Worldview,12 August.
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