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The award-winning "Chariots of Fire" depicts Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian runner, who refuses to compete in the hundred-meter preliminaries in the 1924 Paris Olympics because the race takes place on a Sunday, the day of rest and worship in Christianity. The story of Eitan Zeliger, an Israeli religious Jew, resembles that of Liddell.
Zeliger's daughter, an excellent synchronized swimmer, refrained from participating in the Israeli championship finals three years ago, because they took place on the Sabbath. Eitan Zeliger's every attempt to change the date of the competition was in vain, so he promised his teenage daughter that that would be the last competition she would have to miss for honoring her faith.
