Dre Thompson is a British decathlon athlete. Do you know the story of Thompson?

Thompson's father is a Nigerian immigrant, a small boss of a taxi company, and his mother is Scottish. He is half black. As the third child in the family, he has been lively and naughty since childhood. At the age of seven, Thompson was sent to a boarding school 40 miles from London. Because he is the only black student, he is inevitably discriminated against. In order not to be bullied, he worked hard. The school has a big track and field and a football field. He likes playing football and plays it well. He is the main center of the school team, and people call him a "high-speed tank". He also goes running in the track and field occasionally.

In a track and field competition, Thompson was attracted by national team coach Langdon and began to practice track and field. Thompson is a man of perseverance and hard work, and he is also very clever. Many difficult movements and essentials can be mastered quickly. After a year's training, he won the 200-meter champion in the national school championship and the amateur sports association junior track and field championship. As time went on, Thompson became stronger and stronger, muscular, with extraordinary speed and jumping ability. Coach Langdon suggested that he take part in the decathlon. Although his ideal is to be an excellent sprinter, he finally started decathlon training.

1980 May 17, broke the world record for the first time in the track and field competition held in Gotze, Austria. Because the former Federal Republic of Germany boycotted the 22nd Olympic Games, Thompson easily ascended the throne of the Moscow Olympic Games and won the "Iron Man" gold medal without a strong opponent. Thompson became the first athlete to win the Olympic decathlon in British track and field history.

The competition for the decathlon gold medal in the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games was launched between Thompson and Singerson, which attracted the attention of the audience. Everyone calls this competition Long Hudou. On the first day of the competition, Thompson scored 100 m, long jump and 400 m in five events. Hinson hoped to use his long pole vault as a "killer" in the next day's competition, but Thompson made a blockbuster in the pole vault and beat Hinson. In the end, he won the championship with the highest score.

After the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Thompson was invited to visit China and participated in the international track and field invitational competitions in Nanjing and Shanghai. Thompson told reporters that in the past 10 years, he never had a good day's rest. He has always regarded ten sports as ten relatives and friends, equally. He didn't relax any exercise, and practiced for more than five hours every day. As a result, his sweat did not flow in vain, and finally he won the gold medal.