{"id":32069,"date":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/mark-urquhart-stunned-by-reaction-to-his-epic-act-of-sportsmanship-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","slug":"mark-urquhart-stunned-by-reaction-to-his-epic-act-of-sportsmanship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/mark-urquhart-stunned-by-reaction-to-his-epic-act-of-sportsmanship-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie athlete stunned by the reaction to his epic act of sportsmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FB7rh1va5sc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>Queenslander Mark Urquhart became the hero of the Invictus Games after he was singled out by Prince Harry for an amazing act of sportsmanship.<\/h3>\n<p>Urquhart \u2013 who had already won gold in some previous races \u2013 slowed down on the final straight of the 1500m and then helped US veteran Stephen Simmons across the finish line in first place.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH THE MOMENT HERE:<\/h3>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F737928419628829%2Fvideos%2F1043130719108596%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Urquhart told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA that he had been stunned by the attention his gesture had received, including a special mention from Prince Harry during the Invictus closing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMate, I was not expecting that whatsoever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"627\" width=\"940\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invictus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Team.Invictus.Australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Urquhart said he could see Simmons was struggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis poor old arms couldn\u2019t cope with the last lap of the oval. He came up beside me and he wanted go hand in hand over the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said \u2018yeah mate, no worries\u2019 and then I grabbed the back of his chair and pushed him along in front of me so he scored the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/264530570&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>WATCH HERE:<\/h3>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/adelaide-crows-aren-t-training-hard-enough-says-graham-cornes\">GRAHAM CORNES HAS FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE CROWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/premier-jay-weatherill-admits-we-ve-got-to-do-better-on-burst-water-mains\">WE\u2019VE GOT TO DO BETTER, ADMITS PREMIER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image | YouTube Queenslander Mark Urquhart became the hero of the Invictus Games after he was singled out by Prince Harry for an amazing act of sportsmanship. 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