{"first_publish_date": "December 31, 1986", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Eric Liddell, hero of the film Chariots of Fire, risked becoming a national disgrace at the 1924 Paris Olympics when he refused to run on a Sunday. Disqualifying himself from the finals, Britain's hope of a medal was sacrificed as well. But the thinly veiled criticism in the press turned to sensational acclaim when Eric entered -- and won -- a race for which he was completely untrained, finishing a full five meters ahead of the favorite. He was a celebrity, but the faith which had inspired his courageous stand stirred in him again, and at the height of his fame he announced that he was leaving athletics to return as a missionary to the land of his birth, China. This story of \"God's Athlete\" makes for inspiring reading. - Back cover."}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2020-08-13T23:10:35.255167"}, "title": "Eric Liddell", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T03:42:43.318690"}, "covers": [778246], "subject_places": ["China", "Scotland"], "lc_classifications": ["BV3427.L52 S95 1990"], "subject_people": ["Eric Liddell (1902-1945)"], "key": "/works/OL3495126W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL583788A"}}], "latest_revision": 5, "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Missionaries", "Biography", "Christian biography, juvenile literature", "Christian biography", "Athletes, great britain", "Athletes, biography"], "revision": 5}