This is my assignment #6 Black History Month. And I'm going to be talking about the worlds fastest man, Harry Jerome.
Harry Jerome, world's fastest man and one of our best-known athletes. He broke Percy Williams old record in the 220-yard sprint when he was just 18. He was born in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, and lived in Vancouver. Harry chose to avoid the limelight even after his athletic legend began to grow. "The Canadian Press often mistook his quiet demeanour for arrogance and aloofness."
He achieved a world record by running a 100 meter sprint in 10 seconds! But his career almost came to an end at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. Jerome suffered a career threatening injury, completely severing his left quadriceps muscle, most surgeons said that he would never run again.
But that didn't stop him, he came back to win another medal at The 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, and to prove all the surgeons wrong, he actually set a new record, he ran 100 yards in 9.1 sec to beat his old record.
In 1966 he reclaimed his status as the world's fastest human. But he was getting older, so he decided to retire after the 1968 Olympics, but to every ones surprise, he finished seventh. But he wasn't sad because he has already won a lot of medals, so he was happy for the winners.
And that's how the life of a great man ended and his legacy began.
3 comments:
I can't believe that Harry Jerome was one of the world's fastest man. Nice blog and keep up the work Hasooni!
Hasooni, how do I follow you blog because I can' find that find "follow this blog" link
Hi Hasan,
Does the legacy of a great man end when he dies, or does it really only just begin at his death?
There are some great facts in here, but there are some things that are repetitive. Take another read over your assignment!
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