Okay, it's time to bawl. And not just a little glaze over the eyes, I'm talking first season of Extreme-Makeover-Home-Edition-what-is-wrong-with-me cascade of tears.
Here's the setup, Sophia Petrillo style: Picture it - Barcelona, 1992. After posting the best time in the quarter final of the 400 meter race, Redmond looked poised to easily make the finals and take gold for the UK. But in the semi, his hamstring popped. Popped.
As the medical crew rushed over, he decided to finish his race. That would be enough to make me cry, I'm easy. But it's what happened next that turns this into a primo example of an Olympic Moment.
Bonus Moment: Redmond referring to himself as a "prat". We Americans need to use that word more often.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Olympic Moments: Derek Redmond
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what gets me even more is the Morgan Freeman narrated VISA commercial...ah, I get teary just thinking about it
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