The Olympics: Chariots of Fire.

Eric Lidell was a long hidden treasure revealed to the world in the 1981 movie, "Chariots of Fire".
The fastest man of his generation, he refused to run in the final of the hundred metres in the Paris olympics because the event was held on a Sunday.

Here is part of the recorded dialogue in which Lord Birkenhead and  H.R.H. Prince of Wales attempted to change his mind.

Lidell: :"I do not intend to run on the Sabbath Day."

Birkenhead: " You must do as your future King demands and not be impertinent."

Lidell: "The impertinence lies, Sir, with those who would seek to influence a man to deny his beliefs."

H.R.H. Prince of Wales: "There are times when we are asked to make sacrifices in the name of loyalty to one's country."

Lidell: "Sir, God knows that I love my country, but I cannot make that sacrifice.'

The day following the 100 metre race, Lidell took Gold in the 200 metre event!

Enough said!

Ian