“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.”
The words of Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, who himself managed to unite a deeply-divided country, recognising the power sport has to transform.
We are living in an uncertain world but Adam Peaty, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Chad Le Clos all agree that sport has healing powers and can unite rather than divide, even where rivalries exist.
ADAM PEATY – OLYMPIC, WORLD, EUROPEAN, COMMONWEALTH 100M BREASTSTROKE CHAMPION & WORLD RECORD HOLDER
“100%. I think that is why Olympics are so special because it doesn’t matter what has gone on in the world or what has gone on in your day, you could be so sad but if someone brings back home gold it’s ‘yeah bravo’.
“When you bring back gold and you represent your country at the highest level, then you are going to inspire millions hopefully and cheer up the whole nation.
“The best way to lift the nation is through sport I reckon and what we can do and what we can bring back and what we can show the rest of the world – that we are a…
