<h2>Dive into the thrilling world of the Olympics ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Games</h2> Pairing epic sports photography with articles from The Times and Sunday Times archive, this unofficial volume brings together 100 of the most iconic moments from the history of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. With striking, full-colour photography, rarely seen archival images and sensational reporting on the action, The Times Olympic Moments showcases the moments of heroism, triumph and controversy that continue to make the Games the centrepiece of the global sporting calendar. Featuring the most stunning records, fiercest rivalries and most dramatic upsets, these instants have changed the course of sporting history and captivated generations of fans along the way. The perfect gift for anyone with an interest in the 2024 Olympics, some of the most iconic moments from this book include: <ul> <li>Jesse Owens defies Nazi racism, Berlin, 1936</li> <li>The 'blood in the water' match, Melbourne, 1956</li> <li>Cassius Clay bursts onto the scene, Rome, 1960</li> <li>The 'Fosbury flop' revolutionises high jump, Mexico City, 1968</li> <li>Terror and tragedy as hostages killed, Munich, 1972</li> <li>Seb Coe vs Steve Ovett in middle-distance rivalry, Moscow, 1980</li> <li>Five in a row for Redgrave, Sydney, 2000</li> <li>Ennis the star of 'Super Saturday', London, 2012</li> <li>Simmonds surges to victory, London, 2012</li> <li>Phelps becomes the greatest Olympian, Rio de Janeiro, 2016</li> </ul>

The Times Olympic Moments

Goodbody, John

Biographies & Memoirs

Times Books UK

Traces the development of the sport of gymnastics from the ancient world to the present and discusses the gymnastic competitions in the modern Olympics

The Illustrated History of Gymnastics

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Beaufort Books

The Manual of Weight-training

Kirkley, George

Arrow (A Division of Random House Group)

150 years of Swimming the Channel: The Story of the World Famous Challenge

Extreme Sports

The Crowood Press

Explains the basic principles, throws, and counter throws of judo based on teaching theories developed at The Budokwai in London

Judo: How to become a champion (The Challenge series)

W. Luscombe

This unique audiobook history of the Olympics, first issued in 2008, has been updated to include the Beijing Olympics and released to coincide with the London event. Written by the prize-winning sports journalist John Goodbody, and with a fascinating personal documentary featuring one of Britain's leading Olympians, Sebastian Coe, who is now heading the 2012 Games, this is an ideal opener! Goodbody, for many years chief sports news writer for the Times, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend the world's greatest sporting event.

A History of the Olympics

Miscellaneous

Naxos Audio Books

John Goodbody, for many years chief sports writer for The Times, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend the world's greatest sporting event.

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