英国人埃里克·利德尔无疑是上个世纪20年代跑得最快的人之一。1924年,他参加巴黎奥运会一举获得400米冠军。其实,利德尔的强项并非400米,而是100米,他风驰电掣的速度让同时代的运动员望尘莫及,是当时炙手可热的“飞人”。然而,让人意想不到的是,利德尔在选拔赛一路遥遥领先的情况下,却不可思议地拒绝参加巴黎奥运会的100米决赛和4×100米接力赛。利德尔的理由很简单,这些赛事被安排在星期天,而这一天是安息日,在他这个极其虔诚的基督教徒 The Englishman Eric Liddell was undoubtedly one of the fastest-running men of the 1920s. In 1924, he won the 400m champion in Paris Olympic Games. In fact, Liddell’s strength is not 400 meters, but 100 meters, his speed so fast that contemporary athletes catch up, was the hot “trapeze.” However, surprisingly, Liddell unbelievably rejected the 100-meter final and the 4x100-meter relay race at the Paris Olympics with the trials ahead. Liddell’s reason is simple, these events are scheduled for Sunday, and this day is the Sabbath, in his extremely devout Christians