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Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals
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by:
Brennan, Christine
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Publisher:
Scribner
Published: April 1998
ISBN: 0684841282
Format:Hardcover
Pages:336
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Book Description
Table of Contents
Prologue: Seven Minutes
The Lineup
PART I: February 1997 NATIONALS
1. A Deer Caught in the Headlights
2. The Quad
PART II: February and March 1997 TO WORLDS
3. The Making of a Champion
4. The Perfect Package
5.
The Athlete and the Artist
6. Compulsory Figures
7. The Russians Are Coming
PART III: Spring-Summer 1997 PREPARATION
8. The Class of '94
9. The Long, Cool Summer
10. The Last Hurrah
PART IV: Fall 1997 THE OLYMPIC SEASON BEGINS
11.
The Pendulum Swings Back
12. "I Can't Do My Lovely Job"
PART V: January 1998 THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
13. "6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 5.9, 6.0, 6.0,
6.0"
PART VI: February 1998 THE OLYMPIC GAMES
14. Russian Roulette
15. The Silver
Lining
1998 Olympic Results
Acknowledgments
Index
Book Description
They practice for years in cold, dark rinks with a single dream; they train for decades for one moment: to skate onto the ice with the whole world watching to try to win
the Olympic gold medal. If they stumble, the gold is gone. If they succeed, their lives can be changed forever.
In Edge of Glory Christine Brennan tells the riveting stories of the world's best figure skaters as they travel through the most intense
year of their young lives. As she did in the bestselling Inside Edge, Brennan... read more
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