Total Olympics, Jeremy Fuchs
Total Olympics, Jeremy Fuchs
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Total Olympics
Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic, and Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing

Author: Jeremy Fuchs

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

“An indispensable Olympic resource and a lot of pure fun.”––Jack McCallum, author of the New York Times bestseller Dream Team
 
Faster! Higher! Stronger! Stranger! A glorious tapestry of legendary characters, forgotten records, crazy accomplishments, unbelievable feats, wacky contests, and controversial moments, Total Olympics is pure pleasure for anyone who loves the world’s greatest sporting event.
 
Discover how the modern Games began, in an out-of-the-way Victorian English town named Much Wenlock. Long-discontinued Olympic sports like tug of war, firefighting, live pigeon shooting, and painting. (Picasso for the gold?) And the over-the-top, heroic exploits that make it all so thrilling––like the inspiring story of gymnast Shun Fujimoto who brought his team to victory while fighting through the pain of a broken knee. With hundreds of true stories, it’s a collection of sports yearns unlike any other.
 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sumit on May 23, 2021

Total Olympics is a remarkable compilation of everything related to the Olympics from legendary characters, forgotten records, unbelievable accomplishments, unbelievable feats, and some memorable moments. It covers both the Olympics and Winter Olympics, right from their beginning. Total Olympics is a......more

Goodreads review by Dave on August 02, 2021

This is the kind of book I read in elementary and middle schools. Guinness Book of World Records, books I would buy from Scholastic Books. So when I saw this at the library before the Olympics began I took it home and read/skimmed it, thinking teenagers in this house would love it, but it appears un......more

Goodreads review by Dee on May 03, 2020

This is the book with the bold subtitle, “Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic, & Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing.” Playing armchair quarterback, I thought of more than a few people who had been left out of the book. Yet, I am sure we all could dredge up a memory or two about someone or some event not li......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on July 10, 2021

An Absolute MUST for every fan of the Olympics! This little book has facts and "oh-by-the-ways" you've never heard of. There are amazing stories, shining examples that prove Olympians are the heroes we think they are, tales of terrifically awful accidents that hold no one back, accounts of many not......more

Goodreads review by Marjolein (UrlPhantomhive) on June 01, 2020

Read all my reviews on [URL not allowed] This would have been right in time for the summer Olympics if they hadn't been postponed to 2021, a book looking back at interesting facts about the previous editions. Filled with some history, some remarkable people who competed in the var......more

Quotes

"Total Olympics is a must-have reference book heading into the Tokyo Games."—SB Nation's Land-Grant Holy Land
 

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