Animal Olympics - Softcover

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Usain Bolt sprints 100m in 9.58 seconds; Armand Duplantis vaults over a bar 6.26m high; Kelvin Kiptum runs 26.2 miles in 2:00:35; Lasha Talakhadze lifts 492kg above his head in snatch, clean and jerk weightlifting; Simone Biles hurls her body through three mid-air twists and two flips in a gravity-defying gymnastics floor exercise.

Awesome humans with Olympic medals to prove it… but what about all the other species on the planet?

Animals, from ants to zebras, perform breathtaking feats of strength, agility and endurance in their quest for food, shelter and survival in the wild. They don’t receive accolades or the rapturous appreciation of spectators.

However, on a secluded beach in Senegal, an amazing mountain gorilla called Freddy changed all that. He organised and staged an Olympic Games like no other. Who emerged as champions and heroes, or just willing participants, on that historic and unforgettable day?

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