A lifetime of training for just ten seconds : olympians in their own words /: olympians in their own words. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Witt.
• Other Names: R. W (Richard Witt)
• Contents: Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 AMBITION AND BEING THE BEST; 2 CEREMONIES, SYMBOLS AND INSTITUTIONS; 3 COTSWOLD, WENLOCK, LONDON; 4 DESTINY, CHANCE AND THE UNEXPECTED; 5 DRESS AND FASHION; 6 ENDURANCE, OPPORTUNITY, WILL AND THE 'IMPOSSIBLE'; 7 FAIR PLAY, FOUL PLAY AND DOPING; 8 FAME AND OBLIVION; 9 FINE ART AND BEAUTY; 10 FOOD, DRINK AND PARTYING; 11 DISCIPLINES -- GENERAL AND INDIVIDUAL; 12 MEDALS; 13 MONEY SPEAKING; 14 NATIONALISM; 15 OLYMPIASTADION 1936; 16 ORIGINS; 17 OVERCOMING ADVERSITY; 18 PEOPLE; 19 POLITICS; 20 RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; 21 RELIGION; 22 REVIVAL; 23 SEX REARS ITS OLYMPIC HEAD.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.480922; Sports & Recreation -- Olympics; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Olympics; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Sports; Olympic & Paralympic games; Olympic athletes -- Quotations; Olympics -- Quotations, maxims, etc; Sports -- Miscellanea; Electronic books; Miscellanea; Quotations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408179567; 1408179563; 9781408164037; 1408164035; 9781408179574; 1408179571
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.