Wilma Rudolph

They're all still alive.

Unfortunately, Wilma Rudolph has passed on, but I'm still writing an article for her in a... text that's actually coming out of Radcliffe Press.

Well, Wilma Rudolph was something, wasn't she? She

was amazing.

She's my hero.

People are going deep.

Like we made the joke thing that I saw on Discord about someone saying, I found out what Wilma Rudolph had for breakfast.

So I'm looking for egg named cities nearby.

So I feel like people are digging like two, three, four or five layers down deep.

This was a Tennessean.

Her name, Wilma Rudolph.

Okay.

I've never heard of that name.

Wilma Rudolph from Tennessee.

Now, where in Tennessee is she from? Is she from Memphis, Tennessee? I doubt it.

It said Memphian.

St. Bethlehem or St.

to be completely transparent, I'm not done with podcasting, but I think what happened with podcasting, and I'm going to be completely transparent, right? I did an episode of Black is America about the three track stars, right? It was...

shakiri richardson flojo uh and wilma rudolph right and i told this this trilateral storyline kind of jumping back and forth between their stories and this and the other right um and honestly it's a good episode it's an award-winning episode it's any other but there was a part of me where it was like the challenge wasn't there right like i'm not saying that like Um, you know, I could have like wrote that story with my eyes closed, you know, with one hand tied behind my back.

But what I am saying is that like, it felt like work.

It felt like, you know, I can just do this.

Have you ever criticized somebody but you didn't have all the details? So when you learned more, your criticisms seemed unwarranted, shallow, and unhelpful? Well, that is the story throughout human history.

One particular name that comes to mind is that of Wilma Rudolph.

You all remember Wilma from the 1960 Olympics, those of you who were here then or who have read about it.

You might remember that Wilma grew up with a brace on her leg because of polio.

She looked at her and told her, you can be and will become whatever God has made you to be.

And whatever God intends, it will happen in your life.

Well, years later, church, I'm happy to report that Wilma Rudolph became the fastest woman in the world when she took three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics.

Because sometimes the people closest to you only see what they think are the faults about you.

It says Widsom.

Salmon of Widsom said, but people out here trying to figure out what Wilma Rudolph had for breakfast when she won gold and then looking for egg-themed city names.

Oh, that does not perfectly describe, perfectly describe to me some of these, like, five, ten layers in that people are, like, I just, I don't know.

You know what? And if that's what...

With this win, Nelson captured his third major title and continued to cement his legacy as one of the game's greatest players,

Also on this date in 1960, American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins the 100-meter gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 11 seconds flat, one of three gold medals she won in those games.

Friday, September 2nd, the gloom generated by Norton's unexpected defeat was erased in 11 seconds by a young American from Clarksville, Tennessee.

La Gazelle, as the French riders called it.

Wilma Rudolph ran the fastest 100 meters in women's track history.

Despite a sprained left ankle, heavily taped, she won the race by almost 10 feet.

All

right, there you go, Wilma Rudolph.

Look at Ali, prime years of his life gone.

Look at Wilma Rudolph, shot down completely.

She wound up teaching second grade in the elementary school she went to in Tennessee.

Smith and Carlos deprived of their right to participate in world-class athletics after the 60s Olympics, one after another.