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A Shot At History : My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9789350291122
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
9350291126
ISBN-13
9789350291122
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114157934
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shot at History : My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sports
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-323296
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
799.31092
Synopsis
Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy., Abhinav Bindra once shot 100 out of 100 in practice six times in a row and walked out of the range unhappy. He is a perfectionist who once soled his shoes with rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it would help. He would wake up at 3 am to practise at his range at home if an idea suddenly struck him. It is from such obsession that greatness arrives. Abhinav Bindra's journey to become the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold, and the first Indian to win a World Championship gold, is a story of single-minded passion. The Olympics has been an all-consuming journey for him ever since he was shattering beer bottles and glass ampoules in his garden in Chandigarh. No obstacle was too hard to overcome, no amount of practice too much, no experiment too futile and no defeat so severe that it made a comeback impossible. Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics when a gold medal seemed imminent, he changed as a shooter: from a boy who loved shooting, he became an athlete bent on redemption, a scientist who would try anything - from mapping his own brain to drinking yak milk to climbing rock walls - to win at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. His victory was not just a personal triumph, it was a gift to his nation, a breaking down of a sporting barrier that had stood for a century. Bindra's feat has taught his peers, and those yet to come, that an Olympic gold isn't an impossible dream. In ranges, on fields, in arenas, Indian athletes now own a new belief, they wear the knowledge that no challenge is beyond them. Helping to tell this remarkable story is sportswriter Rohit Brijnath, who collaborated with Bindra in producing this compelling autobigraphy of one of India's greatest sportsmen.
LC Classification Number
GV1157.B56B56 2011
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- a***a (1079)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem as described, fast shipping.Highly recommend seller A+++++
- p***a (99)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseHardbound book shipped in an unpadded plastic envelope, without any cushion or reinforcement. Book suffered damage from torn envelope. The book was already in very "used" condition, so I'm not issuing a complaint.
- 7***7 (49)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBetter condition than I expected. Great price too. I am happy with this seller and will be returning! Really good value for a used book in such good shape. Worth it. Shipping time as expected and didn’t have to pay extra for shipping another plus!