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Mieko Nagaok a 100-year-old Japanese female swimmer,finished a 1500 meters swim in one hour, 15 minutes and 54.39 seconds in the masters competition in Matsuyama, Japan on Saturday.Mieko Nagaoko took up swimming at 82 in order to overcome a knee injury.
When Nagaoko she never knew how to swim.She showed an unusual passion in learning how to swim and went to the pool for knee exercises. Her zeal embellished her with dexterity and at 90 her strides made her achieve a national recognition.
Falling several times does not make you a failure but refusing to rise.Most times we think it's too late to start a move of change after suffering defeat. Perhaps you've made efforts in an endeavor that proved abortive. You need to go back to the drawing board. Passion is what you need to achieve result. Nagaoka displayed this when she took private swimming lessons and trained four times a week for two hours. God has endowed you with the capacity to triumph but you need tenacity. Making a decision to start a new move to success no matter your age or the number of failures you've encountered should never be given a thought when you have dream yet to be fulfilled. God gives people dreams not for them to die with them but to get them fulfilled.So make another move today and allow the lessons from Mieko Nagaoka inspire you to success.
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