Olympic Athletes Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino

Film Focus: Two athletes from the 2016 Olympics discuss the friendship that formed when they helped each other to finish a race after they both fell down.

Text Focus: Page 242

Discussion Questions:

1. Abby and Nikki explain the experience wasn’t what was expected at the Olympics, but they said they wouldn’t go back and change it. Why do you think this is so?
2. How does this story show that relationships are often more memorable than results?
3. When was a time you met a new friend in an unexpected way?
4. Share a similar example of a person who put another person before himself or herself.

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