Van Dyk clinched her medal despite minimal backing from official channels at home, so McKenzie’s gesture is a crucial sign of support and recognition.
For some, it appears that success is a walk in the park – but the personal sacrifices that one makes almost always go unnoticed.
This American runner has an epic race fail and proves that being too cocky is never a good thing.
This past weekend, multiple gold medal winning Olympian Michael Phelps made waves in a different arena. Phelps was competing in the Pro-Am Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrew’s, in Scotland, when he set a new world record for the longest televised putt, ever.
Michael Johnson, a four-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter, has been quoted as saying that he believes slave descendants make better athletes and that the controversial topic should not be avoided, but rather discussed openly.