Eric Liddell's Holy Sprint

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he discovered the heats fell on a Sunday. Liddell withdrew, stunning the British press, who called him a traitor. He had trained for years, sculpted every muscle for that singular moment — and he walked away from it. But Liddell did not see his body as his own.…