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Danny Harris
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Danny Lee Harris was born on September 7th, 1965 in Torrance, California. He is a former American 400 meter runner who won silver medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1987 World Championships in Rome. His greatest moment came at a meeting in Madrid in 1987 where he beat Edwin Moses who had been undefeated since 1976.
Later on in the same year Harris came very close to defeating Moses again in a dramatic final at the World Championships. In the end Moses defended his title by 2 out of 100 of a second. Harris did not take part in the 1988 Olympics after finishing fifth at the 1988 US trials in Indianapolis. In a while afterwards he began using cocaine. In 1992 he tested positive and was for the time being banned. Four years later he tested positive for cocaine again, and the ban was made permanent.
In spite of all that, Danny Lee Harris with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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