Daley Thompson

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Daley Thompson, world record holder, Olympic, European and Commonwealth Champion and unbeaten in his event since Prague 1978, is the greatest all-round athlete in the world. Practically single-handed he has forced his middle distance-loving country to sit up and take notice of the Decathlon, an event they scarcely knew. Thompson has electrified audiences throughout the world with his record-breaking performances in Gotzis, his triumph at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and his spectacular season of 1982, winning in Athens and Brisbane. Daley is not the biggest, or fastest athlete in the world, but he does possess a very rare ability to marshal every fibre of his being and direct it towards one goal. Winning is his only love; training his only indulgence.
Thompson grew up in the racial mix of Netting Hill and was packed off to boarding school at the age of seven. He was a fiery boy and has become a controversial adult, amusing and self-assured, but always respected... Tovább

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Daley Thompson, world record holder, Olympic, European and Commonwealth Champion and unbeaten in his event since Prague 1978, is the greatest all-round athlete in the world. Practically single-handed he has forced his middle distance-loving country to sit up and take notice of the Decathlon, an event they scarcely knew. Thompson has electrified audiences throughout the world with his record-breaking performances in Gotzis, his triumph at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and his spectacular season of 1982, winning in Athens and Brisbane. Daley is not the biggest, or fastest athlete in the world, but he does possess a very rare ability to marshal every fibre of his being and direct it towards one goal. Winning is his only love; training his only indulgence.
Thompson grew up in the racial mix of Netting Hill and was packed off to boarding school at the age of seven. He was a fiery boy and has become a controversial adult, amusing and self-assured, but always respected for the price he pays for his sport. For nine weeks American writer Skip Rozin followed Thompson everywhere, watching him train, questioning him closely and recording his thoughts. With astonishing candour he discusses his triumphs, his crushing defeat at Prague, and the strong will that drives him on. This is certainly the most powerful and illuminating study yet to be published of what it takes to become a world champion in the cauldron of high level sport. Vissza