奥运史上最珍贵的奖牌是一枚螺丝
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介绍：你相信吗，奥运史上最珍贵的奖牌居然是一枚螺丝？原来，1964年冬季奥运会的双人雪橇赛上，
英国队不慎损失了一枚螺丝而无法继续比赛，意大利雪橇运动员蒙蒂发挥高尚的运动精神，
把自己雪橇轴上的螺丝借给英国运动员使用，而他最终只获得铜牌。
不过他的精神，获得国际奥委会特别颁发的第一座“顾拜旦运动精神”奖。
The rarest medal in the Olympics wasn’t created from gold, but a bolt. <br/>
The story begins on a cold, winter afternoon in Innsbruck at the 1964 Olympic two-man bobsled competition. <br/>
A British team driven by Tony Nash had just completed its first run, which had put them in second place. <br/>
Then they made a most disheartening discovery. <br/>
They had broken a bolt on the rear axle of their sled, which would put them out of the competition. <br/>
At the bottom of the hill, the great Italian bobsled driver Eugenio Monti, who was in first place, heard of their plight. <br/>
Without hesitation, Monti removed the bolt from the rear axle of his own sled and sent it to the top of the hill. <br/>
The British team affixed it to their sled and then completed their run and won the gold medal. Monti’s Italian team took the bronze. <br/>
When asked about his act of sportsmanship, Eugenio Monti deflected any praise, saying, <br/>
"Tony Nash did not win because I gave him a bolt. Tony Nash won because he was the best driver." <br/>
The story of Monti’s selfless act spread. And because of it he was given the first De Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship. <br/>
The award, named after the founder of the modern Olympics, <br/>
is one of the noblest honours that can be bestowed upon an Olympic athlete. <br/>
In other words, the most precious hardware any Olympian can own.
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