Discusses key people and exciting finishes of the Olympics, sharing the perspective of various people involved in the games.

Wrestling fans, coaches, and competitors were stunned in February 2013 when the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped from the Olympics after the 2016 Games. But just months later, the IOC General Assembly voted wrestling back into the Games for 2020 and 2024 in a first-round victory. This is the inside story of how one of the original Olympic sports came back from a virtual death sentence. Expertly uncovering the struggles...

"The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended with a bang, when the country that gave the game of hockey to the world was on top of the world. On home ice. Canadians celebrated coast-to-coast-to-coast the record 14 gold medals won by their Olympians in Vancouver and Whistler. The politicians and sponsors who staged the event were quick to declare it a grand success. But was it? The Games of the Great Recession were a party worth at least

"With a thorough exploration of the political climate of the time and the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, this book describes the repercussions of Jimmy Carter's American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Despite missing the games they had trained relentlessly to compete in, many U.S. athletes went on to achieve remarkable successes in sports and overcame the bitter disappointment of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity dashed by geopolitics."--...

Tells the history of the Games, including the great moments sidebars, action photos, great olympians list.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.

Tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity in Olympic track and field.

Hefty Smurf loves to play sports, but he can't get the other Smurfs to play with him. His solution: create the "Smurf Olympics!" The Smurfs divide themselves into two teams, all competing for the grand prize: a kiss from the Smurfette. But when one Smurf is turned down by both teams, he decides to compete on his own, throwing the entire games into chaos. Can one Smurf take on the entire Smurf Village? And can the two Smurf teams stop cheating long...

"Discusses the science of gymnastics, using biology, physics and engineering"--

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