How to Watch the Olympics : : the Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport
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"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd 2011"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
A spectator's guide to the summer Olympics discusses the rules, strategies, and history of each sport to explain such points as the Viking origins of the hammer throw and why shuttlecocks travel faster than tennis balls.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Books, 2012, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 400 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780143121879
0143121871
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Acton, Johnny.
SUBJECTS
Olympics.
Sports -- Rules.