Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest week 51: A Day Like A Thousand Years

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Greetings to all the great people. Nice to be here in this beautiful contest "A Day Like Thousand Years". Big thanks to the organizer of this contest.

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The Wilma Rudolph Story

Wilma Rudolph was born into a poor home in Tennessee. At age four, she had double pneumonia with scarlet fever, a deadly combination which left her paralyzed with polio. She had to wear a brace and the doctor said she would never put her foot on the earth again. But her mother encouraged her, she told Wilma that with God given ability, persistence and faith she could do anything she wanted. Wilma Rudolph said, "I want to be the fastest woman on the track on earth".

At the age of Nine, against the advice of the doctors, she removed the brace and took her first step which the doctor had said she would never take. At the age of 13, she entered her first race and came last and then she entered her second, third, fourth and came last again until a day came when she came first.

At the age of 15, she went to Tennessee State University where she met a Coach by the name Ed Temple, she told him, "I want to be the fastest woman on the track on earth". Temple said, "With your spirit, nobody can stop you and besides, I will help you."

The day came when she was at the Olympics and at the Olympics one is matched with the best of the best. Wilma Rudolph was matched with a woman named Jutta Heine who had never been beaten in a race.

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The first event was the 100-meters race. Wilma beat Jutta Heine and won her first gold medal. In the second event was the 200-meters race and Wilma beat Jutta the second time and won her second gold medal. In the third event was the 400-meters relay and she raced against Jutta one more time. In the relay, the fastest person always runs the last lap and they both anchored their teams.

The first three people ran and changed the baton easily. When it came to Wilma's turn, she dropped the baton. Wilma 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.

It became history that a paralytic woman became the fastest woman at the 1960 Olympic Games. A Day Like A Thousand Years.

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What a lesson to learn from this great woman. Wilma had to hit the ground running because of what was chasing her, "POLIO" She had seen people who suffered from polio and how their lives ended. She made up her mind that she will not end like that, not minding what the doctor said. Just like the Coach, Ed Temple who told Wilma, "I will help you".
I want you to know that this post is to help you stand up and fight for what you believe is truly yours, and success will be yours. Some have posted on steemit and did not win any contest thinking that is waste of time If at first you don't succeed, try and try again you will win one day.

The battle of life is not meant to make us weak but to make us strong.

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