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When Wilma Rudolph was four years old, she had a disease called polio which
causes people to be crippled and unable to walk. To make matters worse, her
family was poor and could not afford good medical care. Her mother decided she
would do everything she could to help Wilma to walk again. The doctors had
said she would not be able to walk. She took her every week on a long bus trip
to a hospital to receive therapy . It didn't help, but the doctors said she
needed to give Wilma a massage every day by rubbing her legs. She taught the
brothers and sisters how to do it, and they also rubbed her legs four times a
day. By the time she was 8, she could walk with a leg brace. After that, she
used a high-topped shoe to support her foot. She played basketball with her
brothers every day. A track coach encouraged her to start running. She
qualified for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She won a bronze
medal in the women's 400-meter relay. In the 1959 she set a world's record in
the 200-meter race. At the Olympics that year she won two gold medals; one for
the 100-meter race and one for the 200-meter race. She retired from running
when she was 22 years old, but she went on to coach women's track teams and
encourage young people. Her influence still lives on in the lives of many
young people who look up to her.
