One girl wrote to a Paralympic gold-medal champion, "Watching as you overcome the difficulties of life, reaching for new victories and new heights in sports, I derive strength and inspiration."
Environmentalists have declared partial victory: though Coca-Cola's plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict green tastes.
Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.
Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finish line.