Talk about the "Come Back Kid?" This story is amazing. Your thoughts?

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By Gelu Sulugiuc

BEIJING (Reuters) - Keeth Smart beat back a rare blood disease that nearly killed him four months ago then inspired the U.S. men’s saber team to an unexpected silver medal at the Olympics on Sunday.

“This year has been one of the hardest years of my life as well as one of the greatest years of my life,” he said after leading the United States to two thrilling comeback victories on their way to the final, which they lost 45-37 to France.

It was the first American men’s fencing medal at the Olympics since 1984.

“I’ve been on a rollercoaster,” Smart said. “I’ll probably take a deep breath and it will all hit me. I’m still on an emotional high.”

In April, doctors told Smart he had a low platelet count and could die of severe internal bleeding within two days. Just as he started to get better after two weeks in intensive care, his mother died of cancer.

Having missed months of competition and training, the lanky left-hander from Brooklyn showed up in Beijing still thinking about the Athens Olympics, where he lost bronze medal matches by one point in both the individual and team saber events.

Faced with that situation two more times on Sunday, he came out on the winning end.

Answer 1

Wow, that is a great inspiring story, but he's American, I'm sure some fools in lame countries find a reason to hate him.

Answer 2

That's incredible....  Wow....  Thank you for sharing this, i didn't hear about it