Sochi: Christian gold

The Christian Institute  |  World
Date posted:  1 Apr 2014
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Sochi: Christian gold

David Wise | photo: powdermag.com

A young Christian skier has won gold at the Winter Olympics at the end of February in the first-ever men’s freestyle skiing halfpipe competition.

David Wise, 23, who is married to Lexi and has a two-year-old daughter, was already the world champion going into the event in Sochi. Speaking before the games the American athlete said: ‘Whenever I’m out there skiing, I try to be the same person as a skier as I am in church on Sundays’.

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