Gold Medal for Weird - Softcover

Sylvester, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554530210 ISBN 13: 9781554530212

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2007

Synopsis

The world's greatest sporting events, chock-full of guts, glory and going for gold. If you want to read about that, you'd better look elsewhere. The gold medals handed out in this book are for inept athletes, shameful scandals, freakish weather, cheaters, chokers and much worse. But it's not all bad. You'll also read about athletes who went from chump to champ and warm your heart to stories of high-stakes heroism and fair play. There may still be hope for humans -- and sports competitions! Read about * unbeatable runners who tested positive for turtle's blood and caterpillar fungus * the snowboarder whose hot-dog move cost her a gold medal * live animal hunting, dueling with pistols and other events now (thankfully) discontinued * a medal-winning gymnast with a wooden leg * the sailor who gave up a chance at the gold medal to save a drowning competitor

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Sylvester is a journalist who happened to fall into sports rather than a "sports guy." He's also a documentary-maker, writer, producer, and sketch artist. Kevin is well known as the host of CBC National Radio Morning Sports. His first book was Sports Hall of Weird (2005).

Review

Gold Medal for Weird is a fun book to read and to share―CM Magazine

It's not really a sports but a human nature report, and very funny.―Times-Colonist

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1554530210
• ISBN 13: 9781554530212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Illustrator: Sylvester Kevin