Struggle and Triumph tells the stories of these Olympians who exemplify the truth of the famous quote by Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin who said, "The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well."
This film has been translated into 36 languages and can be purchased with the Jesus Film or by itself.
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Over the years, the Olympics have signified the highest in human achievement and have brought honor to all participating nations. In the ancient Olympics Greeks competed as an act of worship to Zeus. Struggle and Triumph features modern day Olympians who also see their participation in sport as an act of worship. Re-live the excitement, triumph and struggles of these world-class Olympians:
- Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and Allyson Felix of the United States, both world-class runners, have had the opportunity to represent their countries as Olympic athletes. They each won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Allyson took 22.18 seconds to win her medal -- Catherine, over 2 hours.
- Badminton was introduced into the Olympics in 1992 and has since been dominated by players from Asia. Hendrawan and Candra Wijaya are two players who have participated in many international championships. Hendrawan won the silver medal in men's singles at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2001 IBF World Championships. Candra Wijaya won the gold in Sydney in 2000 with his partner, Tony Gunawan.
- Julian Bolling is the only Sri Lankan swimmer known to have participated in three Olympic games, first at Los Angeles (USA) in 1984, then at Seoul (South Korea) in 1988, and finally at Barcelona (Spain) in 1992.
- Dieudonne Disi is a world-class marathoner. Disi grew up in war-torn Rwanda, witnessed the killing of his entire family and still went on to compete in the Olympics in 2004 and plans to run in Beijing.
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