Today We Die a Little

Today We Die a Little by Richard Askwith


ISBN
9780224100342
Published
Released
02 / 05 / 2016
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
480
Dimensions
144 x 224 x 32mm

" A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket' Emil Z topek In the mid-twentieth century, Emil Z topek the Czech locomotive' redefined his sport. He won five Olympic medals (including gold in the marathon in his first race), set 18 world records, and went undefeated over 10,000 metres for six years. His dominance has never been equalled. And in the darkest days of the Cold War, he stood for a spirit of generous friendship that transcended nationality and politics. Z topek had firm principles, refusing to join the Czech team for the 1952 Olympics until a friend who had been excluded for political reasons was reinstated. The gamble worked, but he was to pay a high price. After the 1968 Prague Spring Z topek was expelled from the Army, stripped of his role in national sport and condemned to years of hard and degrading manual labour. Only the protests of the sporting world saved him from a worse fate. Z topek was famously eccentric, warm-heated and with a joie de vivre that charmed the world. He dropped one of his gold medals in a swimming pool, another he gave to a competitor he greatly respected. Based on interviews with people across the globe
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