Opening of school is amazing race
Derek Redmond was favored to win the 400-meter race for Great Britain in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However, midway through the semifinals, Derek's hamstrings tore. He dropped to the ground in pain. Then he got up. He pushed past race officials trying to help him. "Everything I had worked for was finished. ... I hated the world. ... I felt so bitter that I was injured again. I told myself I had to finish. I kept hopping round. Then, with 100 meters to go, I felt a hand on my shoulder." Derek's father had run from the stands to his son. He caught up with Derek and put Derek's arm over his shoulder. "I saw my (son) having a problem and it was my duty to help," he said later. As Derek hung on to his father, there was a burst of emotion in Derek's face, as if every fiber of his is being exploded with an altogether different kind of pain. He was no longer just an injured runner -- at that moment he was a little boy again, tellin