It's never too late to forgive...and heal
The Daily Mail put a lot into this article, including wonderful pictures and video of the lives of these two brilliant athletes and this historic moment in the Olympics. Take time to check it out. -TJ
The two runners, who were pitted as rivals for 30 years after Decker tripped in the 1984 3,000m final and blamed Budd, came face-to-face for the first time for a…
By DailyMail.com
Pictured: Extraordinary moment US athlete Mary Decker came face to face with Zola Budd and finally forgave her barefoot rival more than three decades after she famously tripped at the LA Olympics
For 30 years, Zola Budd and Mary Decker have never spoken. Their paths have crossed and they have also been in the same room at various athletics functions.
But this was the first time the two runners - who were seen as rivals for more than three decades after the infamous Los Angeles Olympic final - actually met, and embraced, in more than three decades.
The deeply moving scenes happen at the end of a remarkable new film, The Fall, which tells their stories and ends with them being reunited in the very stadium where their worlds collided.
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Zola Budd (right) and Mary Decker (left), seen as rivals for more than 30 years, come face-to-face for the first time, three decades after Mary fell in an Olympic race against Zola
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mously-tripped-LA-Olympics.html#ixzz4ILRBsXHY
The Daily Mail put a lot into this article, including wonderful pictures and video of the lives of these two brilliant athletes and this historic moment in the Olympics. Take time to check it out. -TJ
Extraordinary moment Mary Decker comes face to face with Zola Budd
By Jenny Johnston and Claire Ellicot For The Daily Mail
By Jenny Johnston and Claire Ellicot For The Daily Mail
The two runners, who were pitted as rivals for 30 years after Decker tripped in the 1984 3,000m final and blamed Budd, came face-to-face for the first time for a…
By DailyMail.com
Pictured: Extraordinary moment US athlete Mary Decker came face to face with Zola Budd and finally forgave her barefoot rival more than three decades after she famously tripped at the LA Olympics
- Zola Budd and Mary Decker were running rivals for more than 30 years
- They battled it out at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and Mary fell
- The came face-to-face after three decades for a new film called The Fall
- Pair called the reunion 'right' and say there is no animosity between them
For 30 years, Zola Budd and Mary Decker have never spoken. Their paths have crossed and they have also been in the same room at various athletics functions.
But this was the first time the two runners - who were seen as rivals for more than three decades after the infamous Los Angeles Olympic final - actually met, and embraced, in more than three decades.
The deeply moving scenes happen at the end of a remarkable new film, The Fall, which tells their stories and ends with them being reunited in the very stadium where their worlds collided.
Scroll down for video
Zola Budd (right) and Mary Decker (left), seen as rivals for more than 30 years, come face-to-face for the first time, three decades after Mary fell in an Olympic race against Zola
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mously-tripped-LA-Olympics.html#ixzz4ILRBsXHY
