“Brother John Bielen was a great coach, and great influence.”
I know I already wrote a wrap up about the Olympics, but Matt Centrowitz, the 1st American to win the 1500 meters since 1908 is Catholic. Read about it here. Watch the race here.
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Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, won his third Olympic gold on Sunday. Bolt is a practicing Catholic: The Faith of the World’s Fastest Man
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“By the blood of the Lamb, and the Word of the Lord, we have overcome.”
The Fiji Men’s Rugby team has won their country’s first ever gold medal, beating Great Britain 43-7. After the game they locked arms and sang in both English and Fijian, “We have overcome/ By the blood of the Lamb/ And the Word of the Lord/ We have overcome.” Watch it here: Fiji Rugby Players Sing Hymn After Winning Gold. Rugby has not been played at the Olympics since 1924.
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“We both know our identity is in Christ.”
How does faith impact the performance of Olympic athletes? Religion News Service: Faith at the Olympics: Does it Give an Athlete an Edge? (Above: the U.S. divers David Boudia and Steele Johnson.) Photos after the jump:
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