Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue: Hide-and-Seek -- Part I: Sydney 2000 -- A Lesson in Possibilities -- Alone in the Cafeteria -- Bearing Down at Rim Rock -- Representing America... Second Time's a Charm -- First Olympic Ring: Sydney -- Part II: Athens 2004 -- A Lesson in Belonging -- We Have a Second Breath -- Seeking Balance at Home and Abroad -- Accepting a New Training Ground in Mammoth -- Second Olympic Ring: Athens -- Part III: Beijing 2008 -- A Lesson in Belief -- A Black Cactus in the Ponderosa Pines -- Some Days are Better Than Others -- That's Where I Lost You... New York -- Third Olympic Ring: Beijing -- Part IV: London 2012 -- A Lesson in Humility -- Embracing Transitions and Opportunities -- Answering Doubters in Houston -- Me Being Me -- Fourth Olympic Ring: London -- Part V: Rio De Janeiro 2016 -- A Lesson in Perseverance -- Rejuvenated in Arizona -- A Return to Roots -- Heartbreak and a New York Redemption -- Missed Olympic Ring: Rio de Janeiro -- Part VI: Tokyo 2020-21 -- A Lesson in Unity -- A Master on Team Mudane -- Old Man Kicking it in Atlanta -- The Pandemic and Becoming a Citizen of the World -- Fifth Olympic Ring: Tokyo -- Epilogue: On Common Ground... Breathing and Listening -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.