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The list is actually incomplete.

See this one athlete they missed:

http://www.urbanfaith.com/2012/08/allyson-felix-wins-long-awaited-gold.html/

Allyson Felix finally got her gold medal and all seven winning athletes expressed their gratitude to God.

Another U.S. gold medal and another athlete gives glory to God for it. “I’m so thankful for God to have this opportunity,” Allyson Felix told NBC sports after yesterday’s win in the 200-meter sprint final. “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity for so long. Praying that His will be done, and not my own. Ready to run my HEART out,” she tweeted before the race.

This was the third 200-meter Olympic medal for Felix. In 2004 and 2008, she came in second to Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown. “The moments that motivated me most were losing on the biggest stage,” Felix said, “and just never forgetting that feeling.”

As usual, Felix’s family was in the stands for her big moment. Her father, Paul, is an ordained minister and an associate professor at The Master’s Seminary in Santa Clarita, California; her mother, Marlean, is an elementary school teacher; and, her brother, Wes, is her agent, USA Today reported. (Her father is also president of Los Angeles Bible Training School).

“Marlean had said the family, as devout Christians, would be able to handle another Olympic disappointment,” USA Today reported. Instead they celebrated. But, in a 2010 interview with the Heart of a Champion foundation, Marlean said the family is most proud of Allyson’s humility. She also said she and her husband made a decision early on in their daughter’s career to travel to all her meets to provide support.


2 posted on 08/12/2012 6:16:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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Allyson Felix got her start at Los Angeles Baptist High School and came to faith at an early age, she said in a testimony published by RunTheRaceDaily.com. “I’m currently a work in progress and like anyone else I face struggles every day. My goal is to be more Christ-like each and every day and that is not an easy task,” Felix said. “I feel so blessed that God has given me the talent of running. My running is an amazing gift from God and I want to use it to the best of my ability to glorify Him.”

Felix “has taught Sunday school and feels a special burden to work with young people,”Decision magazine reported July 26. “Once this year’s Games are over, she said, she’ll get right back into the swing of serving at her church.”

3 posted on 08/12/2012 6:17:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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It really was wonderful to hear so many winners give the glory to God on NBC of all stations! However, I still think most of them vote for the fraud in the WH. That’s what makes me sad.


4 posted on 08/12/2012 6:22:01 AM PDT by Catsrus
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Allyson Felix finally got her gold medal and all seven winning athletes expressed their gratitude to God.

And now she has three gold medals, including a world record in the 4 x 100.

6 posted on 08/12/2012 6:28:27 AM PDT by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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Kevin Durant is also missing.


10 posted on 08/12/2012 6:36:06 AM PDT by bramps
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I saw that in the after competition interviews. Really great! And NBC didn’t edit them out, either (tape delay, ya’ know). So many athletes thanking God and Jesus.


19 posted on 08/12/2012 8:29:09 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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