Greetings Hivers,
Today I’d like to write a little about one of the stories that brought tears to the eyes of many Jamaicans a few days ago. As you know two of the Jamaican 🇯🇲 Athletes were successful in winning gold and bronze medals for the 110m hurdles event.
What you may not have known in that the gold medal winner🥇, Hansle Parchment, could have missed out on his chance to win the medal had it not been for the kindness of one of the volunteers who helped him to get to the venue in time for the semi-final event. From his account of what happened, Parchment took the wrong bus and ended up at a totally different venue during the semi-final stages of the 110m race. One of the Olympic volunteers assisted him by actually giving him money to take a taxi 🚕 to the correct venue. In the end he was able to make it back in time to run and qualify for the finals where he won the gold medal for the 110m hurdles.
After the event Parchment went in search of the volunteer that helped him to express his gratitude for her kindness. He also gave her a T-Shirt and showed her the gold medal 🥇 that she through her kindness had helped him win.
Video of the story can be found here.
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