Olympics

For Canadian bobsledder Lyndon Rush, there’s room for a little faith at the top of a bobsled run.   Hurtling down a course at speeds of up to 80 miles an hour takes faith – in your teammates, in your own skill and for Lyndon, faith in God too.  As Lyndon says in the video, “You have to be able to conquer your fear.” Watch Olympic bobsledder...

Cindy Klassen sounds like a champion. Asked how she stay focused, she replied “When I’m going through the hard times I always believe that I can do it.” As a member of the Canadian Olympic Women’s  Speed Skating Team Cindy won gold at the 2006 games in Turin.  She won five medals in total over the course of the games, tying the record for...

Olympic bobsledder Curt Tomazevicz has no trouble navigating tricky corners.  As a member of the US Men’s Bobsled team, he’s had a lot of experience.   In the following interview Curt talks about how life is like bobsled and the importance of taking it one curve at a time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDZeQ63NKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] On...

It’s hard to believe that the Olympics start today. I live in Vancouver.  These are our games. We’ve been hearing about the Olympics, pretty much non-stop, for seven years. In and around Vancouver the games are everywhere you look.  They are in the signs that tell me the new highway is complete, and in commercials on my TV asking me “Do you...

Profile on: Penny McCoy, youngest person named to the US National Ski Team, bronze medal winner at the World Championships in Chile Where other people saw only snow, Dave McCoy saw possibility. After the hydrographer’s research showed that Central California’s Mammoth Mountain had more snow than any other in the area, in 1953 he bought the...

I based my whole life on a t-shirt which read: "Basketball is life and the rest is details." I had finally reached the pinnacle of my basketball career. All the sacrifices, hard work, and persistence had finally paid off. I was going to the 1996 Olympic Games. We were representing Canada, competing against the world's best, chasing after a gold...

This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries. Aiming for the Olympics, Michelle pushed for perfection - only to realize she had to conquer a severe eating disorder. "This can't be happening," Michelle breathed, every muscle in her body straining ahead. A passing sprinter spliced the air to take the lead. Michelle...