26.2 - The Incredible True Story of the Three Men Who Shaped The London Marathon

26.2 - The Incredible True Story of the Three Men Who Shaped The London Marathon
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This is the thrilling account of heroism, ambition and scandal of three remarkable men whose actions at the 1908 Olympics overshadowed the first London Olympic Games…. A diminutive Italian, Dorando Pietri, who fell five times, and was practically carried across the finish line. Scottish sprinter, Wyndham Halswelle and American competitor, Johnny Hayes who were drawn into a dispute between the United States and the British Empire about sporting superiority which spilled over into politics, lifestyle and ethics, with allegations of cheating, drug-taking and professionalism. John Bryant delves into the lives of these three extraordinary men in a tale that stretches from rural Italy to the battlefields of the Boer War and beyond to explore the foundations of the modern sporting and marathon movement.

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John Bryant. 26.2 - The Incredible True Story of the Three Men Who Shaped The London Marathon

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

THE GREAT DORANDO

ONCE A WINNER

A TASTE OF DEFEAT

TWO WHEELS TO HAPPINESS

CONAN DOYLE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE DIRTY WAR

THE STAMP OF LOVE

CHEATING FOR BOYS

DIGGING AND DREAMING

THE SOLDIER RETURNS

IN LOVE WITH A LEGEND

THE RACE THAT SAVED THE GAMES

TORN APART BY PASSION

THE BARON’S LOST VISION

THE SHAMBLES OF ST LOUIS

THE GREAT AMERICAN WINNING MACHINE

HUMBLED BY DISTANCE

ERUPTIONS IN ATHENS

MEET MR FAIR PLAY

I WILL WIN OR I WILL DIE

A TICKET TO LONDON

SECRETS OF THE GREAT WHITE CITY

NO EARTHLY KING

THE TUG-OF-WAR NATIONS

TESTING POSITIVE FOR PROFIT

BY ROYAL COMMAND?

THE MARATHON CONTENDERS

THE GREAT HALSWELLE AFFAIR

THE ROAD FROM WINDSOR

THE MAN WHO LOST AND WON

A FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOUR

THE MORNING AFTER

THE LION IN CHAINS

MARATHON MANIA

THE SWEET MUSIC OF FAME

RUNNING TO DEATH

VICTORIA’S SECRETS

THE BATTLE IS OVER

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX I

Australasia

South Africa

Greece

Finland

Russia

Netherlands

Belgium

Italy

U.S.A

Germany

Sweden

Austria

Bohemia

Denmark

Hungary

United Kingdom

Canada

APPENDIX II

APPENDIX III

INDEX

Copyright

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For Grace and Tess, and all those who

follow in their footsteps

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19 A Ticket to London

20 Secrets of the Great White City

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