At the 2012 Olympics, South African swimmer Chad le Clos defeated the legendary Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly. It was a huge shock to the world. Chad became a global hero. But by 2016, something had changed… Instead…
•I was a person who used to run away from conflicts or strife, when there is one, I wanted to make peace and ignore or run away because I was afraid to face it. I can feel myself feeling…
In the 1924 Olympics, two of the fastest men in the world ran for Great Britain — Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell. Harold Abrahams was a fiercely competitive man. Every race he ran, he looked sideways to see where…
Mrs. Wesley was consumed by jealousy toward her husband. His work placed him in the role of friend and advisor to many women. Among his assistants and in the institutions he founded, women were employed—and to his insanely jealous…