Lifetime of Training for Just Ten Seconds : Olympians in Their Own Words

English

ISBN: 1408164035

EAN: 9781408164037

Category: Sports & Recreation / Olympics/Reference / Quotations/Biography & Autobiography / Sports/

Publisher: A & C Black

Release Date: 06/15/2012

Synopsis: I hope the Romanian doesnt get through, because I cant pronounce her bloody name. Allegedly from David Coleman, British radio and TV commentator, at one of his many Olympic coverages, when he thought he was off air. A Lifetime of Training for Just 10 Secondsis a collection of quotations from Olympic athletes, eyewitnesses and commentators through the ages, whether written, broadcast, overheard or misreported. They are inspiring, devastating - often hilarious - and a fascinating insight into the Games, the people who watch and compete in them, and those labouring and slithering behind the scenes. The notes following the quotes give a potted history of the Games and its cast of characters. These are the Olympics; you die before you quit. The great American discus thrower, Al Oerter, winner of four successive gold medals (1956-1968). For the third of these in Tokyo, he competed despite excruciating pain from a torn rib cartilage, strapped up and iced.

Lifetime of Training for Just Ten Seconds : Olympians in Their Own Words

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.88 inches

Width: 5.65 inches

Length: 8.38 inches

Weight: 12.03 oz

Pages: 192