Forget her; let's honor this good kid Sam Kendricks.
Posted on 08/22/2016 6:32:12 AM PDT by C19fan
A patriotic pole vaulter stopped right before a qualifying jump in Rio to pay attention to his national anthem. US Army reservist Sam Kendricks, 23, from Mississippi, was running pole in hand when he heard the first notes of the Star-Spangled banner. The second lieutenant was set to perform one of his attempts to qualify that day - but instead stopped dead in his tracks and let go of his pole to respectfully stand still.
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Or where you can learn to write headlines like “Conspiracy theory video claims to show Hillary having seizure”
yes, shes got the michelle obama chip on her shoulder look now.
I tried to watch it -twice- but the second time, my screen faulted and got all “blurry”.
Last week there was an article about Germany beating Sweden. There I were descriptions of the gossip scored, including one for Sweden scored by a German. Nowhere in the article did it say what the sport was.
Forget her; let's honor this good kid Sam Kendricks.
For later.
He’s a 1st. Lt. He stood at attention and, if you watch the video, you’ll see he’s looking around for the flag so to face that direction. It becomes a reflex response after so long in the military.
absolutely! a true patriotic American man!
Gold Medals
The “podium value” of the gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics is approximately $564, based on the price of gold at $43.76 per gram and the price of sterling silver at 61 cents per gram, as of Thursday. This is in line with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games (about $566, even though that medal was 31 grams heavier). However, it is a long way off from the approximate $708 record price of the 2012 London gold medal, due to the record high price of gold and silver at the time.
Each of the 812 Olympic gold medals is plated with six grams of gold (the minimum required by the International Olympic Committee) with 99.9 percent purity. The remaining 494 grams is made of silver with 92.5 percent purity (the standard for sterling silver), according to the Mint of Brazil. The purity silver standard also is a minimum IOC requirement. If the entire medal was made of gold it would be valued at nearly $22,000, which is why 1912 was the last time all-gold medals were awarded.
Silver Medals
Each of the 812 silver medals contains 500 grams of sterling silver. The podium value is about $305.
Bronze Medals
The 864 bronze medals contain 475 grams of copper (95%) and 25 grams of zinc (5%). The bronze medals have little intrinsic value.
Total Medals Produced
A total of 2,488 medals were produced for the Rio 2016 Olympics (812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze) by the Mint of Brazil. All of the medals are the same size and weight, with a diameter of 85 millimeters and a weight of 500 grams, making them the heaviest medals in the history of the Summer Olympics and tied for the largest medal in the Summer games. At least three Winter Olympic medals were larger and heavier.
You put your hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance and stand at attention for the anthem. The hand over the heart during the anthem thing is either regional or new. Observe the pole vaulter. His hand is not over his heart and he is not unpatriotic. Cut the athletes some slack. They aren't giving a black power sign.
I saw at clip where Usain Bolt was being interviewed when the U.S. National Anthem started playing. Bolt pointed it out to the reporter and he stopped speaking to her and stood at attention while it played.
That was so cool!!! 8o)
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Has anyone seen this on any American media outlets?
Yes. Just looked, but just on this one site, hadn’t thought of it till you posted that question. Western Journalism, one I check regularly, just put the story up this morning, it wasn’t there earlier.
Seems I saw it somewhere else too but can’t remember where...or if it was and overseas site...
Thank you.
That man is a class act!
IN fact, the official directives were to stand at attention for the national anthem, and put your hand on your heart for the pledge.
Since, after all, the pledge is a pledge, so you cover your heart. The anthem is a song, it is not a swearing, a pledge, an oath-taking.
But we all want to find fault in people for things these days.
Seriesly? No hand over heart? Where were you taught? And how old are you? Just askin...
I’m 65 years old and raised in western Michigan.
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