Breaking the Surface

by Greg Louganis | Sports | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0452275903 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ellenlyn of Little Rock, Arkansas USA on 5/15/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by ellenlyn from Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Saturday, May 15, 2004
Seoul, Korea, 1988. Greg Louganis stood triumphant on the Olympic podium, with his third and fourth gold medals glistening on his chest. He had achieved one of the greatest feats in the history of the Games, coming back to execute an all-time supreme dive after gashing his head on a diving platform. What neither the cheering world nor the doctor that stitched him up nor his fellow athletes knew, Greg Louganis had already learned--he was HIV positive. He felt he was the loneliest man on the face of the earth.

In this incredibly gripping, deeply honest book, Greg Louganis tells of the secret life that led up to that immortal moment of triumph, and years of painful, profoundly moving testing that were to come. It is a story of a great athlete's dedication to his sport interwoven with a painful history or adoption as an infant, parental abuse, racial discrimination, drugs and drink, homosexual awakening, and a series of clandestine affairs that include a sadistic relationship that nearly destroyed him. It is a story, finally, of a man's coming to terms with himself, his sexuality, and his destiny. Like Greg Louganis's unforgettable dives, it will make you cheer. (from the back cover)

Released 17 yrs ago (2/5/2007 UTC) at Been Around Records & CDs, 1216 S. University in Little Rock, Arkansas USA

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