The Landy Era: From Nowhere to the Top of the World - Softcover

Johnson, Len

 
9781877096938: The Landy Era: From Nowhere to the Top of the World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1877096938 ISBN 13: 9781877096938
Verlag: Melbourne Books, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

World-class athletics was something that happened overseas, not in Australia. And then, on 13 December 1952, John Landy ran a mile at Melbourne's Olympic Park in four minutes 2.1 seconds. In those few minutes he re-ignited the race for the sub-four minute mile and inspired a generation of Australian athletes to challenge the world at distances from 880 yards to the marathon. Others, notably the charismatic coach Percy Cerutty, and Landy's Helsinki Olympics teammates Don Macmillan and Les Perry, played significant roles in this flowering of talent. Following Landy, Herb Elliott rose to the top, winning the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, smashing the world record. From 1954 to 1968, Landy, Dave Stephens, Elliott, Albie Thomas, Ron Clarke and Ralph Doubell broke world records. Elliott and Doubell became Olympic champions; Landy, Al Lawrence, Dave Power and Clarke took Olympic medals. Derek Clayton set world records in the marathon. Pat Clohessy, on whom Landy was a formative influence, coached Robert de Castella to a world championships gold medal in the marathon. John Landy was not the only influence, but it was undeniably his era; he was its first, and greatest, star and he directly inspired and advised many of the subsequent athletes and coaches. He led Australia form nowhere to the top of the world.

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Verlag
Melbourne Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1877096938
ISBN 13 
9781877096938
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
322
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