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Introducing sports to any youth, is the first step towards giving them the sense of community. "Victory is Your Duty" begins by bringing the young men under the same roof working, training, competing and sharing the price of victories and losses. When Christian loses the national championship, his teammates rally around him and support him, sharing the loss as a team. with compassion and encouragement the coach pushes him to work through the pain, train harder and learn from the loss. His father, who was a national champion and Olympic participant, encourages him to reach his goal of going to the Olympics not to give up, to be proud of who he is and to do his best. In the next year 's nationals, Christian is surprised that his father and mother
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