Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History Davis Pauline
Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History Davis Pauline A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. A product of the…
Specifikacia Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History Davis Pauline
Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History Davis Pauline
A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family's buckets every day to fetch fresh water--running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn't with any thought of future Olympic glory.
In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central
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