how do the poem and the story 'nine gold medals' and 'my greatest olympic prize' appreciate the theme of sportsmanship .correlate your own ideas with these two literary pieces.
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In the poem Nine Gold Medals , when one of the 9 differently abled racers fell down and started crying in pain in the 100 meter dash , the remaining members participating in the race stopped came back and helped him get back up and moved towards the finish line holding hands all of them at the same time.
This shows us that instead of ignoring the racer who wasn't able to compete , they all decided to help him out. They stopped completing the race came back showing the truest meaning of Humanity and Sportsmanship. they didn't have any Attitude or ego. they just played the game like a game and showed true Sportsmanship.
In the story My Greatest Olympic Prize, Jesse Owens at first didn't even like the Idea of Luz Long winning the medal but when he encouraged Jesse after two failed attempts Jesse was Surprised and Shook by his Friendly Nature.
Here also Luz didn't have any Player ego and encouraged Jesse which Shows Sportsmanship and Friendly nature. So, Jesse states that Luz's Friendship was the Greatest Olympic Prize he has achieved although he didn't win any medal.