Index
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Abel, Antón 28
Abramovich, Roman 150
Alabama 247
American NBA league 34, 106, 235-236
Arena, Bruce 154
Armstrong, Lance 33
AS Monaco, see Monaco, AS
Athletics, World Championships 174
Atlanta, Olympic Stadium in 240
Australia 151
Baltacha, Elena 212
Bangor University 138
Bannister Effect, the 128
Bannister, Roger 128
Bauman, Dieter 124
Beatles, The 73
Bedford, David 28
Beijing 13, 24-25, 42-44, 49, 108, 128, 174, 184, 232-233, 241
Bekoji 9, 98-99, 104-106, 111, 166, 177, 184-187, 258
Belo Horizonte 55
Benfica, SL 156
Berlin, West 90
Bikila, Abebe 132
Birir, Matthew 23
Bitok, Paul 124
Blaslotto, Judd 127
Bloom, Benjamin 220-224, 248, 270
Bolt, Usain 30-33, 37, 41, 53, 61, 69, 168, 234, 243-244
Bolt, Wellesley 43
Borg, Björn 160
Boston College 221
Botafogo 72
Bowman, Bob 94
Bradshaw, Terry 58
Branson, Richard 72
Brazil 7, 9, 55, 82, 85, 95, 111, 132, 242, 257
Bykova, Natalya 206
California, University of 145
Campbell-Brown, Veronica 42, 53, 231, 244
Capital One 56
Central Red Army Tennis Club 205
Cézanne, Paul 55
Chambers, John T. 72
Champions League 14, 54, 81, 106
Chang Ho 215
Charles, Ray 55
Cheboiboch, Christopher 11, 17
Chelimo, Richard 119
Chelsea FC 149
Chepkemei, Susan 23
Cheromei, Lydia 23
Cherono, Mercy 23
Cheruiyot, Robert Kipkoech 28
Chicago White Sox 104
Chicago, University of 105, 127
Choge, Augustine Kiprono 20, 249
Cisco 8
Clijsters, Kim 211
Coe, Sebastian 28
Colorado, University of 238
Commonwealth Games 27
Congonhas Airport 87
Coolidge, Calvin 158
Copacabana Beach 82-83, 86, 247
Coty, Mark 142
Coyle, Eddie 33
Croatia 71
Dachau 253
Daily Mail (newspaper) 233
Danilo, Goffi 28
Darwin, Charles 55
Davis Cup 209
Deloitte 8
Dementieva, Elena 193, 200, 205
Dokic, Jelena 225
Duckworth, Angela 75-76 236-238, 244, 248, 266, 270
Dweck, Carol 156-163, 166, 269
Dynamo Sports Club 205
East Helsinki Music Institute 217
Eastern Bloc 72
Edberg, Stefan 160
Eldoret 118
Elferink-Gemser, Marjie 114
Ericsson, K. Anders 90, 94, 170, 251
Eshetum, Sentayehu 175, 177, 184, 258
Ethiopia 9, 14, 25-28, 98-99, 106, 111, 132, 169, 174, 184, 232, 252, 258, 265
Ethiopian Athletic Federation 185
Europe, Eastern 1
Experience Trap, the, phenomenon of 164-165, 269
Fairbank, Richard 56
FIFA World Player of the Year 54
Florida 214
Florida State University 45, 90
Ford, Henry 72
Foster College 63
Foster-Hylton, Brigitte 44, 47-49, 54, 75, 169, 187
Francis, Stephen 41, 44-53, 59-63, 68-71, 74-79, 149-151, 159-160, 171-175, 187, 231, 262
Fraser, Shelly-Ann 42, 44, 52, 54, 69, 189, 231-236, 241, 243, 257
Gallway, Timothy 68
Gebrselassie, Haile 30, 33, 99, 100-101, 110, 114, 169, 242
Georgia 197
Ghana 153
Giro d’Italia 108
Gladwell, Malcolm 256
Global Talent Index 6
Godin, Seth 115
Golden Ball 54
Graham, Martha 166
Great Ethiopian Run 111
Greece 144
Ha-Na Jang 215
Harrison, George 73
Harvard Business School 161, 269
Hawthorne, Danny 245
Helsinki 234
Hong Kong, University of 157, 161
Huber, Anke 197
Hu Jintao 7
Human Performance Laboratory 33, 268
Huntsville, Alabama 247
Ilina, Nadia 206
Iniesta, Andres 54
INSEAD Business School 164, 173
Inter Milan 154
Irons, Dr Aggrey 175
Islanova, Rauza 205, 222, 224, 227
Iten, village in Kenya 9, 13, 17-21, 37-39, 101, 104-106, 118-124, 129-130, 133-136, 141-142, 145, 167, 175, 246-252
Ivanov, Mikhail 195-197, 204-205
Jackson, Grace 46
Jackson, Michael 84
Jalou people 26
Jamaica 9, 13-15, 31-37, 42-51, 59, 188, 232-234, 240-242, 245
Janczak, Anna 6
Järryd, Anders 160
Jepkosgei, Janeth 23
Joon Chul Pak 215
Jordan, Michael 54-55, 76-77, 104-105, 109
Juantorena, Alberto 109
Juventus 3
Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 197
Kalinowski, Anthony 105
Kariuki, Julius 24
Kebede, Tsegay 28
Keitany, Mary 129
Kenya 9, 20, 24-28, 37, 54, 101, 106, 117-121, 125-126, 132-133, 142, 145, 174, 179, 185, 246-247
Kenyan Rift Valley 13-15, 20, 22-24, 39, 179
Kibet, Luke 25
Kingston 9, 13, 32, 35-37, 41, 44-45, 47, 50, 59, 63, 74, 231, 234, 242-244
Kingston, University of Technology in 147
Kipketer, Wilson 23, 54, 130, 169, 180
Kiplagat, Esther 246
Kiplagat, Florence 129
Kiplagat, Lornah 252
Kiptanui, Moses 100-101, 108, 117-126, 130, 133, 167-168, 247-248, 252
Kirui, Abel 28
Kleybanov, Mikhail 207
Kleybanova, Alisa 207
Kleybanova, Natalia 207
Koh, Douglas 224
Komen, Daniel 23
Konuyushkov, Boris 207
Korea, South 6, 9, 14-15, 97-98, 103, 106, 131-132, 147, 174, 181-183, 214-221, 226
Kosiskya, Elena 95
Kotter, Professor John 161, 166, 269
Kournikov, Sergei 208
Kournikova, Alla 208
Kournikova, Anna 131, 197-199, 203, 208, 211, 223
Kozyrev, Andrey 198
Kuznetsov, Alexandr 206
Laney High School 76
Laval University 30
Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) 195, 209-210, 259
Lel, Martin 136
Lemaitre, Christophe 31
Letterman, David 153
Lewis, Carl 132
Lima, Ronaldo Luíz Nazario de, see Ronaldo
London 28, 107, 136, 150, 210-211, 259
Los Angeles Lakers 235
Luis, Novo 28
Lundgren, Peter 160
Mafia 85
Maldini, Paolo 4
Maradona, Diego 54
Marino, Dan 58
Martin, Eamonn 29
McCartney, Paul 73
Miami, Tennis Academy in 199, 207
Michigan, University of 45
Mi-Hyun Kim 132
Montgomery, Tim 41
Moscow 95-96, 150, 166, 196-198, 200, 203-204, 223, 242
Moscow, University of Physical Culture and Sport in 208
Murray, Jamie 226
Mutai, Emmanuel Kipchirchir 28
MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Track and Field Club 41, 46-52, 60, 69, 74, 148-149, 152, 169, 232
Myskina, Anastasia 193
National Football League (NFL) 57
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented 237
National Tennis Centre 210
Navratilova, Martina 211
Nekrasov, Nikolay 194
Nepal 27
Nerirkar, Richard 111
New York Road Runners 120
NFL (National Football League) 57-58
Noakes, Tim 137-138, 141, 265, 268
Nobel Prize 93
Nobuyuki, Sato 28
Nørgaard, Mette 165
North Carolina 76
Nyköping 257
Nyström, Joakim 160
O’Connell, Colm 19-23, 38-39, 125-126, 136, 145, 160, 169, 175-179, 252, 262
Olympics
Beijing 13, 24-25, 42-43, 49, 108, 128, 174, 184, 232-233, 241
London 107
Moscow 242
Ottey, Merlene 46
Ovett, Steve 28
Palermo 3
Palo Alto 74
Paradise Golf Academy 224
Paradox of Choice 112
Pärson, Anja 111
Pascual-Leone, Alvaro 127, 268
Pavlyuchenkov, Sergey 207
Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia 207
Pavlyuchenkova, Marina 207
Pennsylvania, University of 75, 236
Pepsi 154
Petrov, Victor 206
Petrova, Nadia 206
Pfizer 8
Philadelphia Union 156
Pierce, Mary 225
Pink, Dan 170
Pitsiladis, Yannis 19, 29, 265, 268
Plucker, Jonathan 237
Potter, Harry 55
Powell, Asafa 41-44, 48-55, 61-63, 77, 173, 189
Presley, Elvis 55
Pyrenees 101
Québec 30
Rift Valley 13-15, 20-24, 39, 179
Robinho 87
Robinson, Sir Ken 73, 144, 266, 269
Rockefeller, Nelson 72
Roehampton, National Tennis Centre 210
Roland Garros tennis stadium 193
Rome 3
Rono, Peter 130
Rowling, J.K. 55
Rubanova, Victor 211
Russia 9, 14-15, 108, 131, 174, 194-197, 200-205, 212-216
Russian Tennis Federation 198
Salazar, Alberto 101
Santa Marta 84
Santa Monica 132
Scandinavia 121
Schwab, Charles 72
Se Ri Pak 131-132, 182, 214, 225
Sendas Pão de Açúcar, football academy at 88, 247
Sharapov, Yuri 207
Sharapova, Elena 207
Sharapova, Maria 207
Silicon Valley 73
Simon, Herbert 93
Simonton, Dean Keith 145
Simpson, Sherone 42, 44, 52, 54, 241
SL Benfica, see Benfica, SL
Songok, Isaac 23
Spartak Tennis Club 95-96, 205, 208, 211, 223
St Patrick’s High School 19-23, 130, 179
Stenlein, Claus 4
Stenmark, Ingemar 111
Stewart, Kerron 245
Stockholm 117-120, 124, 130, 173
Strand, Stig 111
Strauss, Richard C. 72
Sutcliffe, Gerry 209
Sweden 27, 89, 111, 151, 159-160, 257-258
Symes, Robin 216
Szilvay, Géza 217
Tadesse, Meseret 185
Tanser, Toby 26, 120-124, 135-136, 247, 265, 268
Tanzania 26
Tärnaby 111
Tema 153
Ten Years Rule 93
Tennis Weekend magazine 196
Terry, John 150
Texas, Austin, University of 33
Theresienstadt 253
Tour de France 33
Tsareva, Galina 206
Tsegay, Yemane 28
Ukraine 212
United States 6-8, 37, 43-47, 95, 105, 108, 136, 151, 154, 155, 167, 203, 207, 244
Vesnin, Sergey 207
Vesnina, Elena 207
Vesnina, Irina 207
Vincenzo, Modica 28
Virgin 72
Vlasic, Blanka
Washington D.C. 154
West India, University of 37
West Point, United States Military Academy at 238
Wie, Michelle 22`
Wilander, Mats 160
Wimbledon 131, 194-198, 209-212
Winner, Ellen 166, 218, 221-222, 270
Wojnarowski, Adrian 236
Wolfsburg 3
Wolmer’s Boys’ School 44
Won Park 97, 103, 147, 175, 177, 181, 219, 223
Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test 57
Woods, Tiger 170, 218, 225, 267
World Championships
Tokyo 118
World Cup, FIFA 63
World Economic Forum 6
Wozniacki, Caroline 203
Xavi 54
Yeltsin, Boris 198
Yifter, Miruts 242
Zico 87
Zürich 54
Zvonarev, Igor 206
Zvonareva, Vera 206