The Olympics

by NeilDuncanson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $116.51

  This is an illustrated guide to the main Olympic events, recalling some of the most memorable moments in the history of each sport and profiling some of the great Olympic competitors as well as some of those expected to shine in Barcelona and beyond. From the basketball match in which the USSR beat the Americans in a three-second extra time, to Bob Beamon's remarkable long-jump leap in Mexico, the book aims to give a taste of the excitement of sporting competition at its highest level. The author devised ITV's Olympic sports series The Fastest Men On Earth and wrote the book of the same title.