ENDURANCE: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND TIMES OF EMIL ZATOPEK
Book ID/图书代码： 02000015B86677
English Summary/英文概要： Voted the ’greatest runner of all time’ by Runner’s World in 2013, Emil Zatopek redefined modern running training techniques - with remarkable results. He is famed for setting a raft of world records, and winning the Olympic 10,000 metres in London in 1948, followed by the remarkable and unprecedented treble of the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon four years later in Helsinki. However, his story goes way beyond races and results. From a lowly factory worker, ’the Czech Locomotive’ became a global hero due to his success on the track but - at a time of political instability - Zatopek risked everything for the love of his friends and country, and soon found himself cast adrift into political exile. At its heart, this is a love story as Emil courts and marries Dana, a promising javelin thrower. Born on the same day, they end up winning Olympic gold medals within the space of half an hour. Due to the unprecedented involvement of Dana, award-winning Times author Rick Broadbent has gained unique access to a dramatic past involving blood and guns and the love that sustained the cruellest twists of fate and beatings by Soviet henchmen. With traces of Chariots of Fire and Laura Hillenbrand’s New York Times bestseller/film Unbroken, this is both a wonderful love story and a landmark tale of hope and strength in the face of crushing injustices.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Emil Zatopek(艾米爾 札托佩克) 被評選為史上最偉大的賽跑者。他是迄今唯一一位在同一屆奧運會中贏得5000米、10000米和馬拉松比賽，三項金牌的個人冠軍。Emil Zatopek出生在一個平凡的家庭，中學畢業便進入工廠工作。在因緣際會下他參加賽跑並從中脫穎而出成為第2名，那次比賽後他就愛上了跑步。Emil往後成為賽跑世界紀錄保持人之一，並影響了許多跑者。
然而他的下半生卻在礦坑中度過! 1968年蘇聯軍隊攻佔捷克，Emil Zatopek不願意當蘇聯的運動大使，在強權的壓迫下，他被懲罰進入鈾礦坑工作度過餘生。熱愛跑步的他只能趁著休息空檔在窄小的地方練跑。1990年，終於獲得平反，然而68歲此時他已經體弱多病。傳奇的一生在2000年劃下了句點……
Emil Zatopek的名言影響很多人：If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.”如果你想贏得勝利，那就去跑100公尺。如果你想體驗人生，那就來跑一場馬拉松。(CL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Rick Broadbent is an award-winning journalist and author. He has been staff writer at The Times for 10 years and spent 2007–13 as the paper’s athletics correspondent. He has written eight books. These include That Near-Death Thing, winner at the British Sports Book Awards 2013 and shortlisted for the William Hill prize, and Ring of Fire, also shortlisted for the William Hill Prize. He was also the ghost-writer of Jessica Ennis’s Sunday Times top-10 bestselling autobiography. He lives in Bournemouth.
Format:HARDCOVER
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