Grace
For a series in which five authors choose a word to suggest sporting endeavour, Geoff Dyer celebrates competitors who have shown 'grace'.
"It's all very well in gymnastics to make routines more and more dangerously complicated but this counts for little unless it can be done gracefully.. "
Geoff Dyer thinks that the best people have to exhibit 'grace'. But some of those who do so are surprising figures in the sporting world.
Five writers choose a word to suggest sporting endeavour, and
Geoff Dyer celebrates 'grace'.
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