REMEBERING ERIC LIDDELL- AN INSPIRATION FOR LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

REMEBERING ERIC LIDDELL- AN INSPIRATION FOR LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

“God honors they that honor him”- 1 st Samuel 2:30

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RIC HENRY LIDELL was immortalized in the Oscar Award Winning movie “Chariots Of Fire”. During the 1924 Paris Olympics, committed Christian Eric Liddell refused to race on Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100 meters, his best event.

Instead, Liddell, a Scottish, raced in the 400 meters and little was expected of him of course. As Liddell went on the starting blocks for the race, an American masseur sipped a piece of paper in his hand with the quotation from 1st Samuel 2:30; “those who honor me I will honor.” Liddell ran with that piece of paper in his hand and not only won the race, but broke the existing world record with a time of 47.6 seconds.

-          he was nicknamed “ the flying Scotsman”

-          His performance in the 400 meters in Paris stood as a European record for 12 years.