A bit of humour

[codash1099]

 

[codash1099]

 

[Flashback]

Winter Olympics....

 

[Ikara]

True.......but people forget that he was one of only six IN THE WORLD in the final. Not a bad effort in itself!
JB

 

[DejaBrew]

True.......but people forget that he was one of only six IN THE WORLD in the final. Not a bad effort in itself!
JB

"To finish first, first you must finish."

Case in point.

 

[Solid]

Aside from that gold one other olympic medal and three world championships medals so hardly a lucky fluke. First gold medal from someone in the southern hemisphere.

He managed to come back from two life threatening injuries as well over his career (from Wikipedia)

If he was American there would be an Oscar winning movie about him.

“during a 1994 World Cup event in Montreal, another skater's blade sliced through Bradbury's right thigh after a collision; it cut through to the other side, resulting in him losing four litres of blood. Bradbury's heart rate had been close to 200 bpm at the end of the race and this meant that blood was being pumped out fast. All four of his quadriceps muscles had been sliced through, and Bradbury thought that he would die if he lost consciousness. The injury required 111 stitches and Bradbury could not move the leg for three weeks. His leg needed 18 months before it was back to full strength………
In September 2000, Bradbury broke his neck in a training accident. Another skater fell in front of him and Bradbury tried to jump over him, but instead clipped him and tripped head first into the barriers. As a result, Bradbury fractured his C4 and C5 vertebrae. He spent a month and a half in a halo brace, and needed four pins to be inserted in his skull and screws and plates bolted into his back and chest. Doctors told Bradbury that he would not be able to take to the ice again, but he was determined to reach another Olympics. He wanted redemption after the crashes in the individual races in 1994 and 1998, even though he conceded that he would be past his best in terms of challenging for the medals.”