many years ago (1960) did the impossible, a woman with paralysis in one leg, triumphed and won 3 gold medals against all odds possible. Today
could tell something more about me, but I decided to share something beautiful about the fighting spirit of women.
The year was 1951, in Clarksville, USA. Mrs. Rudolph did not profess pity Wilma, the twentieth of twenty children. Although small, aged 11, suffered from paralysis in his right leg result of polio, and was sentenced to life in a wheelchair the rest of her days, Mrs. Rudolph could hardly knew her have a solution.
Being black and poor in the United States weighs a lot. So the walk 25 miles a day in search of free rehabilitation. Therefore the ignore the weather. Hence the fight to find a state grant when the doctor said:
- You can not do more, Mrs. Rudolph, Wilma athletics should strengthen their legs.
Wilma began in athletics and he leaned out the sprint, and such was the talent shown that in 1956, age 16, joined the United States team at the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and no action might be better to win the bronze medal in the 4x100 relay.
- You'll see it for Rome in 1960, all you'll do better, "he told everyone.
Then came 1960, and 1960, the Olympic Games in Rome, Italian capital. Wilma just 20 years, was made for greater efforts. The U.S. was willing to enter ebony, definitely in the history of world sport and achieved gold in 100 meters, gold in 200 meter sprint and gold in the 4x100 relay.
make the 3 golds in Olympic three-time champion and the first woman to win 3 titles in such events, it is also named for forever as "The Black Gazelle."
"The Black Gazelle" is pride for their brothers, their young sons, his mother, but not for the white community in the United States. Many "white" did not conceive that a "black" could perform such a feat. Although he smiled, inwardly wanted a "holocaust" to crush your figure.
searched and searched and "holocaust" appeared: Wilma Rudolph, "The Black Gazelle", the star of the Olympic Games in Rome, was separated from the national athletics team of the United States publicly call the rights of blacks.
Nobody understood. Public opinion projected world for speed but nothing could be done. Wilma, with just 23 years, was far from the tracks simply because of free speech against racism.
- You have a good figure, you can become a model.
and became a model. His body, almost perfect, he predicted a bright future, but his fortunes again turned away. A car accident destroyed his new profession. His legs are the same that led to Olympic glory were 10 surgical, leaving scars on them that such treatment leaves.
The end of "The Black Gazelle" had arrived. I could not run, could not model, it had to support their 3 children ...
tell that a marriage was walking down Fifth Avenue in New York and a girl of only 25 met him. He carried in his hands 3 medals with the logo of the Olympic Games in Rome '1960:
- Would I buy them? The couple stopped
missed. The girl's face was familiar, the sad face that begged for mercy was unknown, but ... where?
- It's 3 gold medals won 5 years ago in the Olympic Games in Rome in 100 and 200 meter dash and the 4x100 relay. I sell them so that my children will not die of hunger. Could I buy?
- You are "The Black Gazelle"? - Asked Mr. surprised in the extreme. Wilma
not answer, only began to mourn
Wilma Rudolph, "The Black Gazelle", died on November 12, 1994, just 54, of brain cancer. He died in extreme poverty, but surrounded by the love of their brothers and sons. In 1996, 2 years after his final departure at the opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, called the Centennial Games, was named among the biggest stars of world sport.
His image was projected on the stage and the reaction of the 100 000 present was standing, a minute of silence and then give a standing ovation. It was the simple tribute to the venerable offered the first woman to win 3 gold medals in Olympic Games and who suffered the injustices of American racism.
By: Aldo Martinez Luberta
Source: radioviva.com.py
Being black and poor in the United States weighs a lot. So the walk 25 miles a day in search of free rehabilitation. Therefore the ignore the weather. Hence the fight to find a state grant when the doctor said: - You can not do more, Mrs. Rudolph, Wilma athletics should strengthen their legs.
Wilma began in athletics and he leaned out the sprint, and such was the talent shown that in 1956, age 16, joined the United States team at the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and no action might be better to win the bronze medal in the 4x100 relay.
- You'll see it for Rome in 1960, all you'll do better, "he told everyone.
Then came 1960, and 1960, the Olympic Games in Rome, Italian capital. Wilma just 20 years, was made for greater efforts. The U.S. was willing to enter ebony, definitely in the history of world sport and achieved gold in 100 meters, gold in 200 meter sprint and gold in the 4x100 relay.
make the 3 golds in Olympic three-time champion and the first woman to win 3 titles in such events, it is also named for forever as "The Black Gazelle."
"The Black Gazelle" is pride for their brothers, their young sons, his mother, but not for the white community in the United States. Many "white" did not conceive that a "black" could perform such a feat. Although he smiled, inwardly wanted a "holocaust" to crush your figure.
searched and searched and "holocaust" appeared: Wilma Rudolph, "The Black Gazelle", the star of the Olympic Games in Rome, was separated from the national athletics team of the United States publicly call the rights of blacks. Nobody understood. Public opinion projected world for speed but nothing could be done. Wilma, with just 23 years, was far from the tracks simply because of free speech against racism.
- You have a good figure, you can become a model.
and became a model. His body, almost perfect, he predicted a bright future, but his fortunes again turned away. A car accident destroyed his new profession. His legs are the same that led to Olympic glory were 10 surgical, leaving scars on them that such treatment leaves.
The end of "The Black Gazelle" had arrived. I could not run, could not model, it had to support their 3 children ...
tell that a marriage was walking down Fifth Avenue in New York and a girl of only 25 met him. He carried in his hands 3 medals with the logo of the Olympic Games in Rome '1960: - Would I buy them? The couple stopped
missed. The girl's face was familiar, the sad face that begged for mercy was unknown, but ... where?
- It's 3 gold medals won 5 years ago in the Olympic Games in Rome in 100 and 200 meter dash and the 4x100 relay. I sell them so that my children will not die of hunger. Could I buy?
- You are "The Black Gazelle"? - Asked Mr. surprised in the extreme. Wilma
not answer, only began to mourn
Wilma Rudolph, "The Black Gazelle", died on November 12, 1994, just 54, of brain cancer. He died in extreme poverty, but surrounded by the love of their brothers and sons. In 1996, 2 years after his final departure at the opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, called the Centennial Games, was named among the biggest stars of world sport.
His image was projected on the stage and the reaction of the 100 000 present was standing, a minute of silence and then give a standing ovation. It was the simple tribute to the venerable offered the first woman to win 3 gold medals in Olympic Games and who suffered the injustices of American racism. By: Aldo Martinez Luberta
Source: radioviva.com.py
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