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The harrowing, triumphant tale of your cyclist's journey to Olympic triumph and the purchase price he paid to attain greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the biggest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Video games a heavy favorite. Within the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event comparable to prizefighting over a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval trail. Nothstein lost by the hair's width on the finish lines and vowed to earn the yellow metal at another Olympics, declaring, "I didn't come here for a magic medal." In The Price of Yellow metal, Marty Nothstein eloquently and seriously tracks his journey to the video games in Sydney and the happenings that molded him in to the world's fastest man over a bicycle - from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, separated home, to the "borderline outlaw" ensemble of cycling characters who helped guide him through the ranks. "I needed to become the worst, to become the best," Nothstein says of the single-minded dedication that switched him into a veritable monster on his motorcycle, but often obligated him to overlook his own family. Sure to become a sports common, this audiobook examines what must be done to earn the gold.
