My first slideshare. No music. No animation. I am sure you can modify. Jus simple stories. Some of you may ask where is Jesse Owen etc. Well, these are my choices! :) Hope you like it!

1. Inspirational Olympic Stories

2. The Jamaican Bobsled Team, Calgary, 1988

3. This is Jamaica. As you can tell, Jamaica and snow don’t go together!

6. Proving once again that … Impossible is nothing!

7. Nadia Comaneci Montreal, 1976

9. She obtained a perfect score for the uneven bars. It was the first time in the history of the modern Olympics.

11. Nadia obtained seven perfect 10s.

12. One can strive for perfection. It goes to show that

13. Lawrence Lemieux Seoul, 1988

14. The race began …

18. Indeed, winning is not everything.

19. Masahiko "Happy" Harada Nagano, 1998

25. Billy Mills 1964, Tokyo

31. Wilma Rudolph 1960 Rome

33. Doctors told her mother that her daughter would never be able to walk again. Too poor for hospitalization, her left leg became deformed so she wore metal leg braces at age 6. She was unable to walk until her eighth birthday.

35. There is no substitute for courage, hard work and determination.

36. Oscar “The Blade Runner” Pistorius London, 2012?

37. Citius, Altius, Fortius May these athletes inspire you to press on in the challenges of your life. © megabum21 2008