Seven days later, mo seized his second gold at the 5000m to go where no british distance runner has gone before. Mo recaps not only the story of his success up until the books publication in 20 but also the trials of his childhood, having to succeed away from his much of his family. Discover book depositorys huge selection of mo farah books online. The book marks his successes, and recognises the effect his coach had, but what really hit home is the relation with his twin brother hasan. On the most electric night in the history of british sport, mo farah braved the pain and punishment to seize olympic gold in the 10,000m a. Others dont really understand it, and they never will. One of the most encouraging stories over the last few years has been mo farahs indulgence in caffeine before his olympic 10,000m victory in london 2012. Twin ambitions by mo farah melbourne marathon spartans. If you could sum up twin ambitions my autobiography in three words, what would they be. Mo initially struggled with the language barrier, but his pe teacher at feltham community college, alan watkinson, quickly spotted his potential as a runner and encouraged him to join borough of hounslow athletics.
The story of team gbs double olympic champion updated by farah, mo isbn. Aug 12, 20 twin ambitions by mo farah is out 10th october 20. Description of the book twin ambitions my autobiography. The story of team gbs double olympic champion by mo farah, in very good condition. T j andrews this is the boy from mogadishu, somalia, who came to britain at the age of 8, leaving behind his twin brother, with a few words of english and wanting to. The name, incidentally, is because he is a twin and the. I was inspired to read this book after watching a documentary about mo farah and whilst it was an interesting read i didnt feel the inspiration and awe i would expect when reading about such an amazing journey. Mo farah this is the boy from mogadishu, somalia, who came to britain at the age of 8, leaving behind his twin brother, with a few words of english and wanting to play for arsenal. Buy twin ambitions my autobiography by mo farah from waterstones today. I put this down to the writing as it felt like a first draft or basic recount of a sequence of events. Aug 04, 2012 the results were emphatic as mo took silver at the 10,000m and then raced to gold in the 5000m at the 2011 world championships in daegu. Twin ambitions my autobiography audiobook by mo farah. The book is 350 pages long and covers both his life as an athlete and as a person. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible.
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The story of team gbs double olympic champion 9781444779585. Its a moving human story of a man who grew up in difficult circumstances, separated from his family at an early age, who struggled to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become britains most decorated olympic trackandfield athlete ever. Typeset by palimpsest book production ltd, falkirk, stirlingshire printed and bound by cpi group uk. Mo farah is a somaliborn british international track and field athlete. As a young child he spent time in djibouti before moving to england at the age of eight.
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