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Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event

Hayley Wickenheiser

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In Gold Medal Diary, Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team, reveals her day-to-day experiences of the 2010 Games, including the six-month lead-up of intensive training and pre-Olympic tournaments. She shares the life of an Olympian — the behind-the-scenes stories, the highs and lows, physical and emotional challenges, struggles and triumphs of an elite athlete in a hyper-intense environment, including details of the public ceremonies and private moments, friendships and rivalries, community and isolation, media presence and security. For the first time ever, readers travel inside the storied Athletes’ Village and understand what it’s like to live through the most high-pressure, high-profile sporting event in the world.

Language: English

Pages: 225

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Greystone Books

Release: December 01, 2010

ISBN: 155365580X

ISBN 13: 9781553655800

Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event

Hayley Wickenheiser

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In Gold Medal Diary, Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team, reveals her day-to-day experiences of the 2010 Games, including the six-month lead-up of intensive training and pre-Olympic tournaments. She shares the life of an Olympian — the behind-the-scenes stories, the highs and lows, physical and emotional challenges, struggles and triumphs of an elite athlete in a hyper-intense environment, including details of the public ceremonies and private moments, friendships and rivalries, community and isolation, media presence and security. For the first time ever, readers travel inside the storied Athletes’ Village and understand what it’s like to live through the most high-pressure, high-profile sporting event in the world.

Language: English

Pages: 225

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Greystone Books

Release: December 01, 2010

ISBN: 155365580X

ISBN 13: 9781553655800

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