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Run Down
(Hardcover)
Michael Gallagher; Foreword by Kara Goucher
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R784
Discovery Miles 7 840
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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100 Trailblazers: Great Women Athletes Who Opened Doors for Future
Generations shines an admiring spotlight on the accomplishments of
women in sport whose life stories are important but not necessarily
well known. Research and personal interviews reveal the
groundbreaking work of effective administrators, dedicated coaches,
determined reformers, and spirited athletes who excelled in tennis,
golf, skating, swimming and diving, gymnastics, track and field,
soccer, softball and baseball, basketball, volleyball, and motor
sports. These fascinating profiles chronicle the achievements of
women who overcame innumerable obstacles, broke down walls, and
opened doors for future generations.
Guardian's Best Sports Books SHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS BRITISH
SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK
OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 In Chase Your Shadow, journalist and author
John Carlin tells the gripping story of Oscar Pistorius's tragic
journey from sporting icon to accused murderer. Before Valentine's
Day of 2013, Pistorius was best known as an extraordinary athlete,
the 'Blade Runner' who became the first amputee in history to
compete in the Olympics. Everything changed after he shot his
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead in the early hours of 14 February.
Overnight, the Olympian's status as a role model was replaced by
tales of erratic behaviour and a violent dark side. His seven-month
trial was broadcast live around the globe, its twists and turns
captivating millions. Carlin, who followed the drama inside the
courtroom, provides a vivid first-hand account of Pistorius's
wrenching emotional breakdowns, the merciless interrogation to
which he was submitted by the prosecutor, and the highly
controversial judgment. Carlin paints a portrait of a complex
personality, a man whose life story reveals extremes of courage and
insecurity, ambition and vulnerability, generosity and dangerous
hot-headedness. Not since the O. J. Simpson case has the world been
more riveted by a champion's heroic rise and calamitous fall.
OLYMPIAN, WORLD CHAMPION RUNNER AND IRISH SPORTING LEGEND 'Sonia
walked to the start line with the other athletes, her tummy full of
butterflies. She could feel the eyes of the crowd upon them.
Sixty-five thousand people, all here to watch their race. She had
dreamt about this moment for so long, and now it was here.' As a
little girl, playing with her friends in Cobh, Co. Cork, Sonia
O'Sullivan was known as the fastest runner. When she joined a
running club and started to win races, she began to dream of the
Olympic Games. Through her talent, dedication and her ability to
get back up and dust herself down when things went wrong. Sonia
went from an ordinary girl who loved to run to an extraordinary
world class athlete. The story of one of Ireland's greatest ever
athletes -- and a dream made real.
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