Do You Believe in Sportsmanship?
SodaHead Sports
2012/06/05 21:00:00
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All too often in sports, there have been cases of athletes having attitude issues and being sore losers. A few years ago, when on the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James left the basketball court following a loss, out of sight, out of mind, and without shaking anyone's hand. Metta World Peace aka Ron Artest made a big mistake elbowing James Harden's head into another universe, only to not apologize at all. Football's most fearsome defensive player James Harrison often shows no remorse on his opponents.
But don't tell that to young Ohio track and field athletes Meghan Vogel of West Liberty Salem and Arden McMath of Arlington. They've made national headlines for sportsmanship at its finest. McMath and Vogel raced each other on the track. McMath had about 50 meters to go, a bad mishap occurred. Her knee buckled, which in almost any case, would have doomed her chances of winning.
Vogel could have kept running, but she saw what happened to McMath -- and ran to her aide. To the amazement of the crowd, Vogel helped McMath up and willed her to to the finish line. She allowed McMath to finish ahead of her. The act of sportsmanship and classiness led to a thunderous ovation. The local media called it one of the most inspiring sports-related acts they've ever seen. Who says sportsmanship is dead? Check out the video here.
But don't tell that to young Ohio track and field athletes Meghan Vogel of West Liberty Salem and Arden McMath of Arlington. They've made national headlines for sportsmanship at its finest. McMath and Vogel raced each other on the track. McMath had about 50 meters to go, a bad mishap occurred. Her knee buckled, which in almost any case, would have doomed her chances of winning.
Vogel could have kept running, but she saw what happened to McMath -- and ran to her aide. To the amazement of the crowd, Vogel helped McMath up and willed her to to the finish line. She allowed McMath to finish ahead of her. The act of sportsmanship and classiness led to a thunderous ovation. The local media called it one of the most inspiring sports-related acts they've ever seen. Who says sportsmanship is dead? Check out the video here.
btw i know kyle shewfelt personally! he used to train at my gym clube before the 04 olympics
Normally I'm in too much of a zone to even really see what's happening to anyone else anyways, I would have ran right past her. Also I'm pretty sure that wasn't a good idea to keep putting weight on her knee for another 50 meters, probably should have just called it quits and gotten medical attention as soon as possible.
and healthy sports equipment , too.
well, something like that?! errrrr~~~~
LOL
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In her world, people are more important than prestige, can you imagine what it would be like if that was the norm in current times...?.....JOMO
Update: Sent the link out to most of my list.
The girl in this story should be held up as a perfect example of what sprots and sportmanship is
It's great to see that it still exists. The so called pros should take the action of these girls as a good example and learn from it.