The Price of Gold: The Toll and Triumph of One Man's Olympic Dream

The harrowing, triumphant tale of a cyclist€™s journey to Olympic victory and the price he paid to achieve greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair€™s width on the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, €œI didn€™t come here for a silver medal.€ In The Price of Gold, Marty Nothstein eloquently and honestly tracks his journey to the games in Sydney and the events that molded him into the world€™s fastest man on a bicycle€”from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, split home, to the €œborderline outlaw€ cast of cycling characters who helped guide him through the ranks. €œI had to become the worst