The Olympics' Strangest Moments

Over a Century of the Modern Olympics

By:

Geoff Tibballs

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Strangest

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The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004. The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, inept, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004 and up to the Beijing 2008 games. The world's greatest sporting occasion has been packed with unusual occurrences as well as creating unlikely heroes such as Dorando Pietri, who missed out on marathon gold after being helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials, and ''Eric the Eel'' from Equatorial Guinea who was acknowledged as the slowest swimmer in the history of the games.

Author Biography:

Sports writer Geoff Tibballs is the author of several bestselling titles in the Strangest... series, on a range of topics including motor-racing and royalty.

Release date NZ

January 5th, 2012

Author

Geoff Tibballs

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Portico

Pages

280

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Series

Strangest

Dimensions

128x198x18

ISBN-13

9781907554476

Product ID

18399883

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