Publisher's Synopsis
Personal Journey through Olympic Games 1948-2008 is a collection of stories from the Olympic Games and the background of the times from author's vantage point. You will find yourself in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Stadium watching Emil Zatopek achieving a most remarkable triple and elegant glamour of V ra aslavska in 1968 Mexico. You will be introduced to Olympians that the author considers friends and to the fastest ladies, on the track, of course. You will peek inside the politics and cheating that soil the mission of the Games. Most of the times you will cheer, occasionally boo. The author is a neurologist born in a Slovak town of Topo any. During his medical school, he started coaching basketball at CHZJD Bratislava that eventually merged with a Slovakia's most prominent club Slovan. Following the graduation, he practiced in a provincial town of Michalovce, where he continued coaching. A fan of most sports, his coaching career ended with immigration to the USA. He has remained an active observer of sports, from local through global."
