Ovett: An Autobiography [antikvár]

Steve Ovett, Olympic gold medal winner and world record breaker, has always been a very private person. Now, in this revealing autobiography, he tells of his childhood, his training as a runner, the successes of his extraordinary career and the inside story of the illness which attacked him at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. And he describes the family tensions which finally forced him to choose between his parents and his wife. He also tells his own story of the 'Coe-Ovett saga', and explains his controversial views on the problems facing athletics, in an autobiography which is both gripping and fascinating.