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Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women's team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games.
The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness.
In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics.
Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete. She also openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders.
©2020 Jessie Diggins (P)2020 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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Travis Macy has summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into limestone caves in China, and raced through parched deserts in Utah. In 2013 he famously won the Leadman Series, a combination of nearly 300 miles of high-altitude trail running and mountain biking over the course of five epic endurance races. Macy achieved all of these victories without elite professional training or even exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility.
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Great Advice
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In the Water They Can't See You Cry
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At the tender age of 14, Amanda Beard walked onto the pool deck at the Atlanta Olympics carrying her teddy bear, Harold, and left with two silvers and a gold medal. She competed in three more Olympic games, winning a total of seven medals, and enjoyed a lucrative modeling career on the side. At one point, she was the most downloaded female athlete on the Internet. Yet despite her astonishing career and sex-symbol status, Amanda felt unworthy of all her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain beneath a megawatt smile.
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I applaud Amanda - but her editor's were lame
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Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn't a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour de France - and wore the yellow jersey twice - Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. European and American crowds were drawn to his aggressive riding style, outgoing nature, and refreshing realness.
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Unlike Jensie, the performance lacks
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Selfish man, lacking insight
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Inspirational story!
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Excellent gymnastics memoir
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Dreams of becoming the next Nadia Comaneci led Jennifer Sey to become a gymnast at the age of six. Her early success and love of the sport propelled her and her family to great sacrifice so that she could become a National Team member and one of America’s elite gymnasts by age 11. But as she set her sights higher, Jennifer began to change, setting her mental and physical health aside in the name of winning.
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Interesting inside look at gymnastics
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Twenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won on the widely popular Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity.
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LOVED HER STORY!
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TERRIBLE NARRATION
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I Got This
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At 16 years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true - and yet it’s only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics team. After winning gold in Rio as part of the Final Five, Laurie also earned an individual silver medal for her performance on the balance beam.
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Gymfans, don't waste your time
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In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts in the world - and how you too can overcome challenges in your life. In this audiobook, Simone shares the details of her inspiring personal story - one filled with the kinds of daily acts of courage that led her, and can lead you, to even the most unlikely of dreams.
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A little thin
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I'm Here to Win
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As the winner of the 2010 Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii, Chris "Macca" McCormack may be the world's greatest athlete. In I'm Here to Win, McCormack shares his story along with training tips and practical advice to help listeners develop their own routines, diet, exercise programs and race strategies. Chris McCormack has dedicated his life to training for - and winning - the Ironman World Championships, one of the most grueling tests of mental and physical endurance in the world.
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It takes an Ironman to finish
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In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing with the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she came down with bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: “You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment, Amy chose to live.
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A Powerful Memoir of Truimph over Tragedy
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- Sarah Johnson
- 07-08-20
inspiring story for everyone to read
This is well written story that all coaches and athletes should read! i found myself laughing and crying throughout this heartwarming story.
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- 40Below
- 03-29-22
Truths that need to be talked about
This is a beautiful story about the unbeautiful things. Grit, struggle, disease, all the little pebbles that form the huge mountain that no one sees until the person gets to the top. Only then do we take notice. Then do we congratulate them on all the success not knowing just how much they actually endured. Every journey to the top has hardships. Some endure more than others. Some die trying. Some stop trying. Some mountain tops are not as high as the next person’s. How high should never be the only goal. It’s how much truth can one find about themself. Keep going until you know that you are good and whole and brave and confident at being YOU. Be true and kind to YOURself as well as others!
(I love it when autobiographies are read by the author, however I completely understand the time commitment it takes. Jessie still has game! Well done.)
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- Kelli LaVoie
- 10-28-24
Honest Story
I like how Diggins was open and honest about her major struggles on her way to Olympic success. As a Minnesotan, it's also fun to hear about other Minnesotans.
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- 06-25-22
Great Story
Great story but towards the end politics crept in. I’d prefer the story without her political views. Kudos to Jessie for all of her hard work and accomplishments.
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- Aaron S.
- 04-03-23
Here comes Diggins!
Inspiring and vulnerable recount of challenges and hard work, and ending with the story of one of the best Winter Olympic moments!
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- bob
- 07-07-21
Almost a perfect story to share with young girls….
As a dad of three young daughters I try to seek out positive, strong female role models. Jessie Diggins and her story definitely fit the profile. The only disappointing thing about the book is the amount of curse words that are used throughout. The foul language sprinkled throughout this book doesn’t add to the story. Instead it makes me cringe every time I hear it when my kid’s are trying to get inspired by a story as special as Jessie’s. Why include it ? What value does it add?
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- Reginald Wilson IV
- 12-28-22
A real and relatable listen
I enjoyed this book from start to finish. It gives you not only Jessie’s story but a view that’s relatable and helpful in your own life.
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- Jackie A
- 07-20-23
Motivating
Entertaining, inspirational and motivational - One of my favorite parts was the hundred meter roller skate And Jessie's quote "Because 96 isn't 100"
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- Cara
- 08-08-23
Encouraging, honest, and inspiring!
Such an honest and encouraging story of a phenomal athlete, teammate, and human! I wholeheartedly recommend this book! Jesse's story is so peronsal yet relatable and the narration was wonderfully done!
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- Ruth Nielsen
- 03-22-21
Inspiring - Great Listen!
I’m a big fan of Jessie Diggins - a humble star who won an Olympic Gold Medal in a sport largely unrecognized in the USA. When I learned she had a book I was immediately interested. Her story deals with the challenge of overcoming an eating disorder and her path to becoming a world class athlete. She’s a great role model - a genuine human being who has not been ruined by success. She’s achieved even more “firsts” in her sport since the book was written. I’m going to listen to this book again- it’s very encouraging.
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