The Olympics 1960

A girl was born in a poor family in Tannessee.
At the age Four, she had double pneumonia
which left her with paralysed with Polio.
She had to wear a brace and the doctor said
she would never be able to walk.
But her mother believe that with God-given
ability,persistence and faith she could
do anything she wanted.

The girl said,
" I want to be the fastest woman on the earth."
At the age of Nine, against the advice of the
doctors, she removed the brace and took the first step
The doctor had said she never would walk.

At the age of 13, She entered her first race and
came way, way last. But still kept on trying
and with every failure she doubled her effort.

At the age of 15, she went to State University
where she met a coach named TEMPLE.
she told him,"I want to be the fastest womwn
on the earth ." The coach Temple said,
"With your spirit nobody can stop you
and besides, I will help you."

The day came and she was at Olympics and
at the Olympics one has to matched with
the best of the best. The girl was matched against
a woman named JUTTA who had never been beaten.
The first event was the 100-meter race.
The girl beat Jutta and won her first Gold Medal.
The third event was the 400-meter relay race
and she was racing against Jutta one more time.
In the relay, the fastest person always runs
the last lap and they both were the last ones
in their teams. The first three people ran and
changed to baton easily. When it came to the
girl's turn,she dropped the baton.
But the girl saw Jutta shoot up at the other end;
she picked the baton,ran like a machine,
beat JUTTA a third time and won her third gold medal.

The Paralytic girl was WILMA RODOLPH ,
who became the fastest woman on the Earth
At the 1960 Olympics.