A lifetime of training for just ten seconds : Olympians in their own words

著者

• Witt, Richard

書誌事項

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds : Olympians in their own words

Richard Witt

Bloomsbury, c2012

内容説明・目次

内容説明

'I hope the Romanian doesn't get through, because I can't 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 Seconds is 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.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB11458125
• ISBN:
  • 9781408164037
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 194 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 796.48
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Olympic athletes -- Quotations
  • LCSH : Olympics -- Quotations, maxims, etc