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Golden Lily: 1 (Making Waves) by Lijia Xu is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Golden Lily: 1 (Making Waves) about?

The fascinating autobiography from Asia’s first ever dinghy sailing gold medallist. Learning to sail and becoming a full-time athlete at just 10 years old, Lijia Xu was taken away from her parents and enrolled on the gruelling Chinese training regime, a programme meticulously prescribed across all sporting disciplines to catapult the nation’s talented youngsters to international champions. A rare insight into a shocking world of relentless physical training and unquestioning mental compliance, Lijia’s honest and heart-felt account takes you on her journey from physical disabilities and debilitating injuries to learning to think for herself, eventually going on to achieve her dream of becoming an Olympic gold medallist. This is an inspirational story of a young woman’s will to succeed despite all that her background threw at her.Table of ContentsForewordPrologueChapter 1: Golden LilyChapter 2: My FamilyChapter 3: Becoming a SportswomanChapter 4: Training to be a ProfessionalChapter 5: My Optimist YearsChapter 6: My Time in the Europe ClassChapter 7: Studying EnglishChapter 8: Learning from OthersChapter 9: Getting to Grips with the Laser RadialChapter 10: My First Olympics & the Bui

Who reads Golden Lily: 1 (Making Waves)?

Author

Lijia Xu

Publisher

Fernhurst Books Limited

Published

2016

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Biography, Memoir, Sports & Adventure Biography