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John Goodbody, for many years chief sports writer for The Times, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend the world's greatest sporting event.
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Barry Davies spent eighteen years in the British Special Air Service serving around the globe. He participated in the storming of the hijacked Lufthansa plane at Mogadishu in 1977 and was awarded the British Empire Medal. He is the author of "The Complete SAS Survival Manual" and "The SAS Self-Defense Handbook". Davies lives in England.
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In chronological, orderly fashion, the evolution of the Summer Games is laid out, from its modern inception in Athens in 1896 through its return to the Greek capital in 2004. Listeners will hear of classic competitions in various sports, pervasive themes, many brief anecdotes, and occasional opinions. Barry Davis announces the history in an enjoyable, breezy manner. Breaks between years are given a few seconds of appropriate music representing that year's Olympics. The only missing componentthe Winter Gamescould be a separate book; indeed, it would have been too much here. An especially articulate interview with middle-distance runner Sebastian Coe ends the book well. M.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherNaxos AudioBooks
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 9626348704
- ISBN 13 9789626348703
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages5
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