He is Austrian-German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. He had promised his wife he would win a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tragically, Steiner’s wife Susann was never to see him compete in Beijing. She sadly passed away in a car accident the summer before the Games.
In an emotional final at the 2008 Olympics, Steiner experienced the greatest success of his career.
After a number of failures within the competition, unable to lift the same weight as his counterparts, Matthias had one final chance at glory. The final weight meant lifting a huge difference of 10kg in order to claim gold.
With incredible determination, Steiner made a clean jerk of 258 kg and a total lift of 461 kg. In achieving an outstanding performance, Steiner turned his tragic loss into the inspiration he needed to fulfil his promise to Susann: to become an Olympic gold medallist in Beijing.
Choking back tears and holding a photograph of Susann, Steiner took his place on the medallists’ podium. Kissing the picture, Steiner accepted his Olympic gold medal, saying, “I managed to lift it because I had this strong, innermost urge. I’m not the superstitious type, I don’t believe in higher powers, but I hope she saw me. I wish.”
#indvsaust20 this is right format of cricket without much heartbreak. We know it is Actually NOT a format where you will see finest knocks or terrifying bowling that you can in odis or tests but still entertaining withour breaking your hearts id you loat the game.
Good job 👏👏
@coolfunnytshirt 2003 felt more painful! Our team was full of players which we felt connected to( Sachin , Ganguli, Dravid, shreenath, zaheer) . Not that strong connection with current crop of players. That loss felt personal.
We played good cricket this time barring finals 😀
Shami- wow what a tournament he is having at the moment. He is manacing as a bowler due to his seam position and probing length. He is like pheonix who has risen from obvilion to the center stage in cwc. #IndVsAus
Shami- wow what a tournament he is having at the moment. He is manacing as a bowler due to his seam position and probing length. He is like pheonix who has risen from obvilion to the center stage in cwc. #indvsaus
What I learnt in 2003 final that only emotions ans intentions will not decide your success the ground reality and hardwork you put in which really matters. The team India is really strong in this worldcup
#INDvAUS It’s been 20 Years and again we have ind vs aus final. The role is reversed. That time was Australia was the strongest team and India was 2nd best team ( we were on a roll with straight wins with only defeat against Australia in league matches)
This time Australia is the 2nd best team of the tournament and India is the best team. Barring some nervous moments against Australia in the league match we have been a better team.
Even that match india won with 6 wickets so it was not even close match.
#INDvAUS All the best to team India. We are certain you will bring the glory back ��🇳🇮🇳
You played like the champions thoughout the tournament and you just need to pass one more hurdle and you are already champions for us 🇮🇳🇮🇳