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How do I define the meaning of Gold? Having been a sports fan, I have always followed everything about sports. However my first influential impression was when I met a documentary about two astonishing athletics. The first athlete was Nadia Comaneci from Romania, she is the only person in the history of gymnastic who obtained a perfect score. When I saw her performance in 1976 Montreal Olympics I was mesmerized by her grace and confidence. She was unbelievable to my eyes. In that movie she mentioned that she used to practice 8 hours a day, such number was indigestible to me, at that moment I asked myself why? And how? Why would someone be this much dedicated to hard and breathe taking sport? Then I saw a detailed version of a Moroccan runner named “Hicham El Guerrouj” Olympics’ journey. He was more than great to me because in 2000 Sydney Olympics in finals while he was a leader in last lap, his ankle sprained and he lost. However he didn’t quit and for the next Olympics he came stronger on the top of that the year before Olympics he set a new world record. (1500 meters 3:26.00) In 2004 Athens Olympics he won the Gold and became the first Moroccan who won two Gold in single Olympics. When I saw him I told myself “even it would be more than 8 hours a day it definitely worth that moment of glory!” With this mental background when last week Iranian fencer “Mojtaba Abedini” for the first time in the history of Iran fencing, won a silver medal in Korea grand Prix fencing competition moreover when in judo Iranian judoka “Javad Mahjoub” won a silver medal in Grand Prix Georgia 2016, something new ignited inside me, and that is the feeling of pride and honor. This is beyond a single medal, their achievement to me means: “we conquered to all deprivations we had.” This is the true meaning of Gold to me.

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How do I define the meaning of Gold?

Having been a sports fan, I have always followed everything about sports. However my first influential impression was when I saw a documentary about two astonishing athletics. The first athlete was Nadia Comaneci from Romania.  She is the only person in the history of gymnastic to obtain a perfect score. When I saw her performance in 1976 Montreal Olympics I was mesmerized by her grace and confidence. She was unbelievable to my eyes. In that movie she mentioned that she used to practice 8 hours a day.  Such a number was inconceivable to me, and at that moment I asked myself, why? And how? Why would someone be this dedicated to such a hard and breathtaking sport?
Then I saw a detailed documentary of a Moroccan runner, called “Hicham El Guerrouj's Olympic Journey."  He was more than great to me because in 2000 Sydney Olympics in finals while he was a leader in last lap, he sprained his ankle and lost. However, he didn’t quit, and for the next Olympics he came out even stronger and set a new world record. (1500 meters 3:26.00)
In the 2004 Athens Olympics he won the Gold and became the first Moroccan to win two Gold in single Olympics. When I saw him I told myself, “even if it would take more than 8 hours a day, it would definitely be worth that moment of glory!”
This was in the background last week when I saw Iranian fencer Mojtabe Abedini win a silver medal in  the Korea Grand Prix fencing competition, the first time in history for an Iranian fencer.  Moreover, in judo the Iranian judoka Javad Mahjoub also won a silver medal in the Grand Prix Georgia 2016.  Something new ignited inside me, and that is the feeling of pride and honor. This is beyond a single medal.  Their achievement to me means, “we conquered despite all the deprivations we had.” This is the true meaning of gold to me.

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