Vashti Cunningham is ready for the Women's high jump on 18th August in Rio de Janeiro, and is a deeply committed Christian.
Her father, Randall Cunningham, is a former NFL quarterback player who retired in 2001, and is now a football coach and pastor of Remnant Ministries church, he and his ballerina wife Felicity founded in 2004. The church started with a weekly bible study at their home, but now has over 1,000 members.
Cunningham, who is also Vashti's coach and pastor, said that she trusts God in her sport, and it is where she derives her strength.
"Mental training is about the inner being, in my opinion, and (Vashti) trusts God. A lot of athletes are strong Christians, because when you exhaust yourself with believing in yourself, you
Her father, Randall Cunningham, is a former NFL quarterback player who retired in 2001, and is now a football coach and pastor of Remnant Ministries church, he and his ballerina wife Felicity founded in 2004. The church started with a weekly bible study at their home, but now has over 1,000 members.
Cunningham, who is also Vashti's coach and pastor, said that she trusts God in her sport, and it is where she derives her strength.
"Mental training is about the inner being, in my opinion, and (Vashti) trusts God. A lot of athletes are strong Christians, because when you exhaust yourself with believing in yourself, you