Today We Die a Little
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe
definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary
runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of running
classic Feet in the Clouds. On the track, his running made him a
legend, off it, his charisma and humanity made him a hero. No
runner has generated myth like Emil Zátopek, the Czechoslovakian
soldier who revolutionised distance running after World War II. The
minutiae of his victories and training methods, the poignant
details of his generosity and downfall – all have been endlessly
repeated and reinvented, but the full truth never told.Zátopek won
five Olympic medals, set 18 world records, and went undefeated over
10,000 metres for six years. He redefined the boundaries of
endurance, training in Army boots, in snow, in sand, in darkness.
But his toughness was matched by a spirit of friendship and a joie
de vivre that transcended the darkest days of the Cold War. His
triumphs put his country on the map, yet when Soviet tanks moved in
to crush Czechoslovakia’s new freedoms in 1968, Zátopek paid a
heavy price for his brave stance as a champion of ‘socialism with a
human face’. Expelled from the Army, he was condemned to years of
degrading manual labour, far from his home and his adored wife.
Rehabilitated two decades later, he was a shadow of the man he had
been – and the world had all but forgotten him.Based on extensive
research in the Czech Republic and with unparalleled access to
Zátopek's family and friends, particularly his widow, fellow
Olympian Dana Zátopková, Today We Die A Little evokes not just an
extraordinary man but a glorious age of athletics and a dramatic
period in European history. It strips away the myths to tell the
complex and deeply moving story of the most inspiring Olympic hero
of them all.
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