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Olympic collision : the story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd / Kyle Keiderling.

Title
Olympic collision : the story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd / Kyle Keiderling.
Author
Keiderling, Kyle
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]

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Description
xiii, 341 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Dual biography of Mary Decker and Zola Budd and the infamous Olympic incident that binds them together"--
Subject
  • Decker, Mary, 1958-
  • Budd, Zola, 1966-
  • Olympic Games 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Olympic Games
  • Runners (Sports) > United States > Biography
  • Runners (Sports) > South Africa > Biography
  • Runners (Sports) > Great Britain > Biography
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
  • Runners (Sports)
  • Great Britain
  • South Africa
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1.Starting Line -- 2.First Steps -- 3.Off with the Gun -- 4.Healing the Body -- 5.Dirty Little Secret -- 6.Running for Jenny -- 7.The Kid Comes Back with a Swoosh -- 8.Out of Africa -- 9.Gathering Storms -- 10.Rings of Fire -- 11.Dream Chasers -- 12.A Split Second That Will Live Forever -- 13.Coming and Going -- 14.The Phoenix Rises -- 15.World Champ -- 16.Rematch -- 17.World Champ Again -- 18.Mother Mary -- 19.Banned -- 20.Heart and Seoul -- 21.Marriage and Murder -- 22.Promoting L'eggs on Bad Legs -- 23.Budd Blooms -- 24.New Faces, Old Story -- 25.Seems Like Old Times -- 26.Trials and Tribulations -- 27.War and Peace.
ISBN
  • 9780803290846 (hardback)
  • 0803290845 (hardback)
LCCN
^^2016012186
OCLC
  • 946906286
  • SCSB-11032102
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library