Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals: the Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals
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Bindung: Gebundene Ausgabe
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 796.912
EAN: 9780684841281
ISBN: 0684841282
Label: Prentice Hall & IBD
Hersteller: Prentice Hall & IBD
Anzahl Seiten: 416
Erscheinungsdatum: 1998-04
Herausgeber: Prentice Hall & IBD
Studio: Prentice Hall & IBD
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Inside Edge updates the behind-the-scenes saga of professional figure skating to include the results of the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Beginning with the 1997 U.S. championships in Nashville, Brennan chronicles the ambitions, achievements, frustrations, and personal hurdles for the American skaters in a pivotal year that culminated with the Olympics. The year's drama is palpable, including highlights such as the competition between the two top-rated women, Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski, along with the ever-increasing athleticism of the men. Along the way Brennan makes detours to check up on recent favorites from the past such as Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, and Scott Hamilton. And always rinkside are the stories of coaches, choreographers, parents, and fans who have transformed figure skating into one of the world's fastest-growing professional sports.
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Brennan is well-known for her wonderful writing on figure-skating. I for one like Brennan because she always has great things to say about Michelle Kwan and this book is no exception. I learned so much about some figure skaters from this book, especially on the men's side. It's truthful and very informative and written superbly. It is obviously non-fiction, yet at times it tells like a story, including dialogue between characters. I like that because it was entertaining to read it as if it were a story, but you know that all of it is true. I also enjoyed how Brennan didn't write about one skater, then move onto the next, then next, etc, like a chapter per skater. All the skaters' stories were intertwined so the book wasn't predictable at all. Instead, the chapters were divided by time periods-- before 1998, on the road to 1998, etc... Every die-hard figure skating fan should get their hands on this, esp die-hard Michelle Kwan fans like myself!
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this book describes the battle between rivals Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski, the comback of Japand Midori Ito, and the 397 days leading up to the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. Christine Brennan describes the backround live from Russia's Irina Slutskaya to China Lu Chen with updates on Denise Biellman, Evgeny Plushenko, Alexei Yagudin, Julia Sebestyen, Kazakova/Dimitriev, and Nicole Bobek with so much more. Not only does this book inform you on the athletes skating ability, Christine Brennan takes you behind the scenes to discover Tara Lipinski's frenzy problem of breaking out in tears if she doesn't hit a jump, Michelle Kwans family/coach issues, the list goes on and on. I highly suggest you buy this book. Its fun, entertaining, and you really get to know the skaters behind the double axel and combo spin. You get to know the skaters long program!
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I read Brennan's first book, "Inside Edge" and enjoyed it immensely, so I eagerly bought this one, hoping it to be the same. While the book is entertaining and informative regarding the buildup to the 1998 Olympics, half of the book is simply a rehash or the same information that was from her first book. She even borrows the same phrases from her first book for this one. That's either laziness on her part or an attempt to plump up the size of the book. She could have easily focused on the lead up to the 1998 Olympics and still have a substantial book. I also found her to be more one-sided and biased in this book. While I am not an ardent Lipinski fan, I felt that Brennan was trying to diminish Tara's Olympic accomplishment by portraying Tara and her parents in a most unflattering light. While Team Tara is pretty obnoxious, it was unnecessary for Brennan to constantly take potshots at them. I also detested the way Brennan glibly referred to pairs skater Elena Berenzhnaya as ...
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This book is a great commentary of the 1997-1998 season, as well as a chronicle of all the events that led up to the season AND the Olympics. It's an easy read, and even though most readers know the outcomes of the events she describes before they read the book, seeing them from the perspective she presents makes you feel as if you're seeing them for the first time. Most specifically, there is a wonderful chapter about Alexei Urmanov which opened my eyes to this skater's life as well as what it is truly like to skate in modern Russia today. The only thing missing is any commentary on the controversy-ridden ice dance competition at the 1998 Olympics -- hopefully we'll see this in Ms. Brennan's next book (which I am looking forward to and am hoping is coming out very soon!)
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I really enjoyed this book. I learned new things about my favorite skaters, as well as ones I had never heard of before. It centerd a lot on the compition between Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski, but it also said a lot about other skaters. It was VERY COOL and very informative.
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