Paris 2024: Athletes witness to their faith despite Olympic ban

[Michie]

Surfer Gabriel Medina, bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Tahiti, shared this photograph on his Instagram with the biblical quote “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” | Credit: Jerome BrouilletAFP via Getty Images

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been the scene not only of sporting prowess but also of displays of faith and devotion by athletes from around the world.

Despite Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits any type of religious expression, some athletes have not hidden their faith and have proudly displayed it at key moments of the competition.

Brazil’s top athlete thanks God for the opportunity​

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Paris 2024: Athletes witness to their faith despite Olympic ban

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been the scene not only of sporting prowess but also of displays of faith and devotion by athletes from around the world.

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[Friedrich Rubinstein]

You may add Yemisi Ogunleye to the list, who won shot-put gold for Germany yesterday

 

[AlexB23]

You may add Yemisi Ogunleye to the list, who won shot-put gold for Germany yesterday

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God bless her. We need more Christian athletes to profess the Gospel in front of the TV cameras, to counteract the dark forces that were present at the opening ceremony.

 

[AlexB23]

Yemisi Ogunleye is pretty also.

 

[RileyG]

God bless her. We need more Christian athletes to profess the Gospel in front of the TV cameras, to counteract the dark forces that were present at the opening ceremony.

Amen

 

[RileyG]

Yet it’s ok to openly mock Christians? Not surprised, but it’s hypocritical.

 

[AlexB23]

Yet it’s ok to openly mock Christians? Not surprised, but it’s hypocritical.

Totally hypocritical by the IOC.

 

[AlexB23]

Amen

Amen to that. In fact, I bring up religion a lot more to folks myself.

My boss at work is a Catholic on the more liberal side (who does not go to church anymore, as he thinks that the Catholic church has gotten too political), and I have told him about how I use technology to study Christianity, and he likes that I am learning about it, but says I should be careful talking religion at work (so, that is why I do not talk much religion at work). He likes the Beatitudes of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount.

I have asked my boss permission to put this art that I made on my desk, and he said I could.

 

[RileyG]

Totally hypocritical by the IOC.

The world hates us. Just as Jesus said it would.

 

[AlexB23]

The world hates us. Just as Jesus said it would.

Yep, exactly as the Bible said. We are in spiritual warfare, my brother. Yes, that is a term that the Protestants use a lot, but us Catholics need to use this term also. It applies to all Christians from all denominations.