Hansle Parchment thanks woman who paid for taxi to race where he won Olympic gold

[muriel_volestrangler]

Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment has tracked down and thanked a Tokyo 2020 volunteer who paid for his taxi to the Olympic Stadium, where he subsequently won a gold medal.

Parchment told the story in a video posted to social media last weekend, which ended with him meeting the volunteer, whom he called Tiana. He thanked her, showed her the gold medal, gave her a Jamaican Olympic shirt and paid her back the money she had lent.
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Tiana’s biggest prize may be yet to come though: the Sunday Gleaner reported Jamaica’s ministry for tourism intends to host her on a trip to the Caribbean island.

“No matter where in the world she is, we want to reciprocate the kindness shown to one of our own,” Jamaica’s minister for tourism, Edmund Bartlett, told the Sunday Gleaner.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/11/hansle-parchment-jamaican-hurdles-tokyo-2020-volunteer-taxi-money

Link to tweet

[ShazamIam]

2. The athletes have individually provided the highlights about the meaning of the games,

Simone, by stepping down then coming back, the pair of jumpers, Barshim and Tamberi who each received a gold,

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/olympics/olympics-athletics-can-we-have-two-golds-barshim-tamberi-share-high-jump-win/ar-AAMOt9m?ocid=uxbndlbing

[stillcool]

3. in these times acts of kindness

and kindness returned....

[AllaN01Bear]

4. indeed .:)

[SheilaAnn]

5. I hope malaise gets to see this. She will love it. n/t