track and field
Chaplain provides friendly face, spiritual and mental support to Olympians amid unusual Games
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — 'We are much quicker to recognize mental or spiritual needs as being as important as physical,' said Stuart Weir of Verite Sport.
Faith is the reason Olympian Allyson Felix runs
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 12, 2016
(RNS) For all the Olympic medals and world records, Felix's goal still is the same: 'to be more Christ-like each and every day.'
Olympic sprinter English Gardner: ‘Going through the highs and lows with God’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 11, 2016
(RNS) Gardner's faith in God is the source of her confidence.
Olympian running to save others
By Sally Morrow — July 3, 2012
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Beaverton, Oregon, on South Sudanese runner Lopez Lomong, who went from running to save his own life to running to save others.
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