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Running in Borrowed Shoes: Thane Baker and the 1952 Summer Games

Running in Borrowed Shoes: Thane Baker and the 1952 Summer Games

Nicholson, Catherine Baker

Paperback

AthletesOlympics & ParalympicsTrack & Field

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 0875658695
ISBN13: 9780875658698
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: Jul 9 2024
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thane Baker grew up in the Kansas Dust Bowl. An Olympic medal winner from his small town gave seven-year-old Thane hopes for his own Olympic glory. Yet a work injury at age fourteen shoved steel behind his kneecap and ended his dreams. When new on his college campus, a coach allowed Thane to walk onto the track team. Three years later, Thane earned an unexpected berth on the 1952 United States Olympic Track and Field Team and traveled to New York City, Helsinki, Finland, and other European cities for competitions. Friendships grew between the American athletes in their six weeks together. Together, they faced hurdles of financial insecurity, racial inequality, chilly winds, and inadequate diets as they confronted the Soviet Union for the first time. Despite the obstacles, Thane, wearing borrowed socks and borrowed shoes, returned to his small town with an Olympic medal, forever changed by his experiences.

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