Fire in the Belly: The Inside Story of the Modern Olympics

ISBN-10: 1876372478
ISBN-13: 9781876372477
Series: Fire in the Belly
Category: Olympics
Pages: 152
Language: English
Published: 2004
Author: Carole Wilkinson

Description

Award winning author Carole Wilkinson explores the exciting and sometimes funny highs and lows of the modern Olympics Find out the inside story of the modern Olympics in the Olympic year. From athletes who succeed against all odds, to drug cheats who will do anything to win. From a runner hitching a lift in the 1904 marathon, to the spectacle we have today. Fire in the Belly is the true story, the real story. It will make you laugh and make you cry.

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