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Above And Beyond: Tim Mack, The Pole Vault, And The Quest For Olympic Gold,New
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Two Olympic Medalists Were Recognized At Quicken Loans Arena In Cleveland, Ohio, Days Before Christmas 2004. One Was The Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James, The Chosen One Of The Nba. He Had A Bronze Medal From The Athens Games That Summer. The Other Was A Cleveland Homeboy Too, A Gold Medalist Who Had Flown Higher Than Anyone Before On The Olympic Stage. Hardly Anyone Knew His Name. He Was Tim Mack.His High School Coach Did Not See Anything Particularly Promising In The Young Polevaulter. Mack Never Made It To The State Meet, And He Was The First To Admit He Had A Fear Of Heights. But Thanks To His Unflinching Determination And Confidence, Mack Went On To Prove That He Was Anything But Mediocre. In 2004 The Young Athlete Won The Olympic Gold Medal For Pole Vaulting. His Jump Of 19 Feet 61/4 Inches Was Not Only Macks Personal Best But The Highest In Olympic History.Awardwinning Sports Columnist Bill Livingston Follows Mack As He Practices One Of The Worlds Most Dangerous And Demanding Sports. Livingston Reveals The Fascinating Subculture Of Pole Vaultingfrom Bob Richards, The Only Man To Win Olympic Gold Twice In Pole Vaulting; To Sergey Bubka, The Most Controversial Pole Vaulter Ever; To Don Bragg, A Rowdy Tarzanlike Character Who Swung On Ropes In His Backyard To Build Upperbody Strength; To The Stirring Duel Between Mack And Toby Stevenson As They Battled For Gold In Athens.Readers Will Discover How Mack Struggled And Endured, While Working In A Factory, As A Mascot In A Bumblebee Costume, And As A Janitor, And How Mack Changed His Training And Revamped His Body And Mind In A Threeyear Program That Made His Aol Username, Goldnathens, A Selffulfilling Prophecy.
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