Kathy Poe and Esther Kim were best friends. They were also competing to represent the US in taekwondo at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Working through separate sides of the draw they both made it to the final of the Olympic trials. Whichever
of them won would go
to the Games.
Poe however dislocated her
knee in the previous match and couldn’t compete. Then came
an incredible act of friendship. Knowing her friend’s knee would be healed by the Games Esther Kim
forfeited the match and her
spot on the Olympic team.
“You will have the gold medal around your neck and I feel
inside I have a gold medal
in my heart,” she said.
“There are other ways
to be a champion. A real
martial artist is a champion everyday
in life, too.”
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