Isn’t it normally called Praying the Rosary? A “Hail Mary” is a last gasp effort to try and snatch victory from certain defeat. I doubt this young champion was in that position.
The rosary involves a particular sequence and quantity of the Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory Be, etc. The prayer is indeed known as “the Hail Mary” in English. Latin: Ave Maria.
You do not know what you are saying.
You may be confusing football with religion.
Everything we have is from God - our life, our abilities, our friends and family.
Everything we have we owe to God.
It is only natural to thank God in prayer and ask for His help.
As baptized members of His Church and the Body of Christ, we pray to God for each other and collectively with members of the Church and the Saints who are in Heaven.
it is the “Angelic Salutation”
“Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
This is the "Hail Mary":
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Say 50 of these, interspersed with some "Our Fathers" and some "Glory Be's", while meditating on some Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, or Glorious aspect of Our Lort's life and His plan for our salvation, and that's "praying the Rosary."
I take it she doesn't say a whole Rosary right before the Olympic event. It would take about 15-20 minutes, depending how far into the meditation she decided to go.
It IS kinda humorous that footballers adopted the term "Hail Mary" as synonymous with a "last ditch attempt." For me, a more appropriate "last ditch" prayer would be