Olympic Legends – Team GB

No sports event can match the awe-inspiring magnificence of the Olympic Games. Every four years more than 10,500 athletes from all over the world pursue the dream of bringing home Olympic gold. The original games, held more than 2000 years ago, were confined to ancient Greece while the modern games are watched by an audience of billions. Thanks to cutting edge, digital technology, household names have been turned into global superstars and British athletes are among that elite. This book celebrates the lives and stories of 100 Team GB legends including Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell (their rivalry was made into the film Chariots of Fire), Seb Coe and Steve Ovett, Jason and Laura Kenny, Chris Hoy, and Steve Redgrave. British Olympians have come a long way since weightlifter Launceston Eliot won gold in the Athens Olympics of 1896.

Format: Hardcover

Hardcover: 144 Pages

Language: English