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The Telegraph Book of the Olympics (Hardcover)
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The Telegraph Book of the Olympics (Hardcover)
Series: Telegraph Books
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List price R613
Loot Price R121
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For the record-breaking third time London will be hosting the
Olympic Games in 2012. From the inception of Baron Pierre de
Courbetin' s crusade to revive the Games of the ancient Greeks, in
the 1890s, through the triumphs and disasters of twenty-nine
Olympiads, The Daily Telegraph has been there to provide
eye-witness accounts of the greatest sporting moments in history
with characteristic authority. This comprehensive and colourful
review of the summer Olympics takes you back to 1908, the first
time London held the Games, with Dorando Pietri' s infamous
disqualification in the marathon. Then to Fanny Blankers-Koen and
Emil Zatopek lifeting the War-scarred capital in the Austerity
Games of 1948. With more recent record-breaking moments from the
Olympics of Sydney, Athens and Beijing, this is the perfect
scene-setter for the Games' return to London. From Sebastian Coe
and Steve Ovett to Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Kelly Holmes, Steve
Redgrave, Ian Thorpe and Daley Thompson, the tears and the glory of
all the heroes and villains from 116 years of Olympic history are
collected here in this wonderful anthology of the greatest show on
earth.
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