Running Sideways by Davis, Pauline;

The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

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Kiadó Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Megjelenés dátuma 2023. december 20.
Kötetek száma Paperback

ISBN 9781538192542
Kötéstípus Puhakötés
Terjedelem338 oldal
Méret 231.65x151.89x17.78 mm
Súly 472 g
Nyelv angol
Illusztrációk 38 b/w photos

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Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023
Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022
A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history.
When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn't with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family's buckets every day to fetch fresh water-running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion.
In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central figure in the Russian anti-doping campaign. A casualty herself of the doping plague that hit track and field-she wouldn't be awarded her individual gold medal until Marion Jones was infamously stripped of her medals for doping-Pauline dedicated her years on the World Athletics council to clean sport and fair play.
Running Sideways is a book about determination, faith, focus, and an incredible will to succeed. It's about a trailblazer in women's sports, not just in The Bahamas, not just in track and field, but on the global stage.

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Tartalomjegyzék:

Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics
Chapter 1: The Starting Line
Chapter 2: A Pearl is Formed
Chapter 3: The Golden Girl
Chapter 4: Coming of Age
Chapter 5: The Crimson Tide
Chapter 6: Peaks and Valleys
Chapter 7: Fall from Grace
Chapter 8: Redemption
Chapter 9: The Pact
Chapter 10: Facing Goliath
Chapter 11: 'Something Isn't Right'
Chapter 12: Truth to Power
Afterword
Bibliography
About the Authors

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