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Don't Rock the Boat: The Untold Story of the Women's Rowing Eight Olympics Debacle

Peter Wilkins

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Description:At a critical stage of the women’s rowing eight final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Australian rower Sally Robbins suddenly put down her oar and lay back in the boat. Though the team had been challenging for the lead at the halfway point and were headed for a medal placing, they were left to trail a distant last.Don’t Rock the Boat tells the inside story behind the moment that turned into one of the most controversial sporting scandals in Olympic history. Fueled by an avid media, the Australian public could not believe what had happened. Nor could they believe that Robinson’s furious and distressed team-mates had berated her and asked her to get out of the boat. The rowers were banned from talking to the media, and so into the vacuum poured all kinds of speculation. But what really happened?Based on extensive interviews with members of the team, parents, supporters, coaches and sports administrators, sport journalist Peter Wilkins unravels the mystery behind this sporting tragedy and its aftermath. Don’t Rock the Boat is both a fascinating exploration of the tremendous pressure on top athletes, and a compelling cautionary tale of Olympics glory lost and elite sport gone wrong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Don't Rock the Boat: The Untold Story of the Women's Rowing Eight Olympics Debacle. To get started finding Don't Rock the Boat: The Untold Story of the Women's Rowing Eight Olympics Debacle, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 244

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: ABC Books

Release: 2008

ISBN: 0733323510

Description: At a critical stage of the women’s rowing eight final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Australian rower Sally Robbins suddenly put down her oar and lay back in the boat. Though the team had been challenging for the lead at the halfway point and were headed for a medal placing, they were left to trail a distant last.Don’t Rock the Boat tells the inside story behind the moment that turned into one of the most controversial sporting scandals in Olympic history. Fueled by an avid media, the Australian public could not believe what had happened. Nor could they believe that Robinson’s furious and distressed team-mates had berated her and asked her to get out of the boat. The rowers were banned from talking to the media, and so into the vacuum poured all kinds of speculation. But what really happened?Based on extensive interviews with members of the team, parents, supporters, coaches and sports administrators, sport journalist Peter Wilkins unravels the mystery behind this sporting tragedy and its aftermath. Don’t Rock the Boat is both a fascinating exploration of the tremendous pressure on top athletes, and a compelling cautionary tale of Olympics glory lost and elite sport gone wrong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Don't Rock the Boat: The Untold Story of the Women's Rowing Eight Olympics Debacle. To get started finding Don't Rock the Boat: The Untold Story of the Women's Rowing Eight Olympics Debacle, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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