Chalked Up
Subtitle: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: April 22, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780061351464
Subjects: Gymnastics; Sports - General; Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
Description: Told from the perspective of a 1988 world champion, a behind-the-scenes account of the personal toll of Olympics competitiveness reveals how her stage parents, abusive coaches, and manipulative sponsors pushed her to the limits of her physical and mental health.