This book charts the highs and lows of the
career of Jonathan Edwards from his childhood,
through the highs of the World Championships and
World Record in 1995 in Gothenburg, and finishes
after the disaster, as it seemed to him, of only
getting the bronze medal at the World Championships
in Seville in 1999.
It leaves him preparing for the Sydney Olympics,
which might perhaps be added to the book as a
further chapter at a later date.
The whole way through the book one is aware
of the agonising that Edwards undergoes while
trying to bring together the career of a top-class
athlete and his strong personal spiritual beliefs.
Two particularly difficult areas to resolve are
those of whether he should compete on a Sunday,
and how the financial rewards that have come with
his success marry in with his Christian ideals.
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