For the past weeks, sports enthusiasts around the world have found themselves glued to the television. After training for most of their lives, some of the fiercest men and women take center stage at the Olympics. It’s a make it break it moment for many. As the pressure heats up and dreams are made or broken, this year feels a little different. There’s more kindness in the air with truly inspirational displays of sportsmanship. Check out some of our favorite stories below. –Guri
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| “The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” –Dean Karnazes |
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| Editor’s Note: For the past weeks, sports enthusiasts around the world have found themselves glued to the television. After training for most of their lives, some of the fiercest men and women take center stage at the Olympics. It’s a make it break it moment for many. As the pressure heats up and dreams are made or broken, this year feels a little different. There’s more kindness in the air with truly inspirational displays of sportsmanship. Check out some of our favorite stories below. –Guri |
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| Kindness In the News |
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| At the Olympics, “the world’s most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another– celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away one another’s tears of disappointment.” |
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| From Our Members |
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| Celebrating others only added to their own celebrations. In this sweet story of fondue, two anniversaries, and a month-old baby, love finds a way to multiply. |
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| Inspiring Video of the Week |
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| How Tokyo Olympics have become the “Kindness Games” |
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The TODAY show reports on the inspiring displays of sportsmanship that have many calling these Olympics the “Kindness Games.” Watch the highlights of some of the incredible acts of kindness. |
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| In other news … |
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| “For decades, Mongolia sent mostly boxers, judokas and wrestlers to the Olympics — athletes doing solo work that, in many ways, reflected the spirit of a nation known for wide-open spaces and a sense of nomadic individualism.
This year, though, teamwork is the buzzword. A group of Mongolian women’s basketball players has taken center stage in Tokyo for the nation of 3 million, reimagining what’s possible both in their country and on the Olympic stage as a whole.” Full article |
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