Summary

The 2008 Beijing Olympics take place in August. 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.

Classification

• Dewey Decimal: 796

Book Details

• Physical Description: 4.9"x5.6"x1.0"; 0.5 lb; 4 pages
• Edition Info: Audio CD; 2008-06-03

Subjects

• Nonfiction -- General
• Sports -- Miscellaneous -- History of Sports
• Sports -- Miscellaneous -- Olympic Games
• Sports -- General

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