The Medal Factory by Pryde, Kenny

The Medal Factory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781781259863)

Vendor: Kenny Pryde
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Format: Paperback
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The Medal Factory by Pryde, Kenny

The Medal Factory

$16.95
The Medal Factory by Pryde, Kenny

The Medal Factory

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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55 Olympic medals. 6 Tour de France victories. Countless world records and world championship victories. Since the year 2000, British Cycling, Team Sky and INEOS have dominated the sport of cycling to an unprecedented degree. But at what cost? Did Sir David Brailsford, Peter Keen and the other brains behind British Cycling's massive and sudden dominance in the modern era find a winning "Moneyball" formula? Or did their success come down to luck and personal chemistry? Did this organisation, founded on relentless, ruthless efficiency contain contradictions which threatened to overwhelm it, amid accusations of drug-taking, bullying and sexism? Through interviews with Brailsford and Keen, Shane Sutton, Fran Millar, Chris Boardman, Sir Chris Hoy and many other key players, Kenny Pryde interrogates the parts of the story - lottery funding, marginal gains - that we think we know, and reveals others that have remained hidden, until now. The Medal Factory tells the full story from amateurish beginnings through a sports-science revolution to an all-conquering, yet flawed, machine.

Author: Kenny Pryde
ISBN-10: 1781259860
ISBN-13: 9781781259863
Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
By Kenny Pryde
By Kenny Pryde
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Kenny Pryde has been a cycling journalist since 1987, he edited Winning: Cycle Racing illustrated and The Fabulous World of Cycling, was a staff writer at Cycling Weekly; and editor-at-large of Cycle Sport. He has written for the Guardian, Ride, VeloNews, the Herald, the Scotsman and the Irish Independent.

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