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"God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast and when I run, I feel his pleasure."

Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire

International gods of sport

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Ric Chapman and Ross Clifford, Strand (Australia), 1999

A collection of profiles of Christian sportspeople including Evander Holyfield, Alison Nicholas, Jonathan Edwards. Wes Hall, Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock and Bernhard Langer.

With hindsight the book illustrates that writing such books is fraught with risk.

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