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The father who made a distinction his child cross the wrap up line at the Olympics has diedJim Redmond, the father who was at the heart of one of the preeminent crucial — and moving — minutes in Olympic history kicked the bucket on Sunday at age 81. The news was nitty gritty by the British Olympic Alliance and Reuters.The story begins at the 1992 Summer Olympic Redirections in Barcelona. Derek Redmond was a sprinter for Great Britain, searching for to overcome the wounds that had tormented him he’d had five surgeries, tallying one on his Achilles tendon with less than four months a few time as of late the Redirections. His Olympic dreams had been dashed four a long time earlier at the 1988 Entertainments in Seoul when he tore his Achilles an hour a few time as of late the race.Redmond’s intrigued of a decoration in Barcelona inside the 400 meters started off well, as he indented the speediest time inside the prelims and won his quarterfinal warm.
