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How did the threw women athlets proved to the world that will power and courage can beat all odds? ​

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Imagine winning one Olympic medal in your lifetime. Sounds great, doesn’t it?

Imagine winning multiple gold medals and having your name associated with world records in athletics. Sounds incredible, doesn’t it?

Now, imagine doing both as a 20-year-old at the Olympic Games. Sounds like a fairy tale, surely?

And then, imagine doing all this despite that fact that you were once told as a child you might not be able to walk again because of polio.

For American athlete Wilma Rudolph, these were not imaginary scenarios. She made them a reality during a glorious career where she overcame odds every step of the way.

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To this day, Rudolph clinching three gold medals during the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome for winning the 200 metres, 100 meters and 4 x 100 meters relay event remains one of the most enduring achievements in athletics.

1960 – beginning of a new era in Olympics

To understand the Wilma Rudolph story, it is necessary to understand the context of 1960’s Rome Olympics. She was already a winner in life, because it is no mean feat to be an Olympic bronze medallist at the age of just 16, as she was at Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 in the 4x100m relay. It was an incredible achievement for some one who had started running only a few years prior; for someone who was only able to run a few years earlier (more on that later).

To this date, 1960 Rome remains a milestone event in the glorious (and sometimes controversial) history of the Games. It was the first Olympics to be broadcast worldwide. The interest it generated was unprecedented back then.

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