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Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory
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P.H. Mullen
In California, a team of talented young men begin pursuing the most elusive dream in sports, the Olympic Games. The pressure steadily increases as two best friends (a mentor and his protégé) reach the top of the world rankings and unexpectedly find themselves direct competitors. Their teammates include an emerging star methodically plotting to retrace his father’s pat...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
February 25th 2003
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published November 28th 2001)
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Absolutely fabulous book about what kind of hard work, sacrifice and choices folks are having to make to achieve what they want to. Moreover this is a true life story of what actually happened in the journey of a few men and women training for the US olympics swimming team. Still reading it and enjoying. Most probably I will read this a few times over.
As a swimmer, the book could not have been better. It gave an intense look at swimming in the pool with enough of the back story to really get to know the characters.
The single best presentation of what swimming, or really any athletics, for that matter, means to those who pursue it to this degree.
A must read for all swimmers. The story chronicles the journey of the swimmers at the Santa Clara Swim Club as they're preparing for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. The story focuses on Tom Wilkens and Kurt Grote, two swimmers who are in very different phases of their careers. The book perfectly captures the atmosphere of early morning practices and the many ups and downs swimmers face each season. Unlike so many sports stories, not all the stories have happy endings. It's the true nature of the s...more
Outstanding swimming book.
I'm an Olympics nerd so found the subject matter interesting, but the book could've stood a little more pruning and a bit less theatrical writing.
An interesting look at how Olympic swimmers train, with a lot of really compelling individual stories.
One of the few "swimming" books out there, and its good too!
VERY inspirational
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