Survive & Advance

Survive and Advance is a tournament strategy athletes employ to advance through the rounds. Whenever possible athletes will attempt to advance to the next round without expending too much energy. The theory is that their best performance should come at the championships in the final round where the medals and titles are decided.To Tianna Bartoletta the Survive and Advance strategy is effective away from the field of play as well. To her it means doing whatever is needed to survive life...moment to moment to get to tomorrow to fight another day.Tianna is defiance personified.Defiant of gravity and defiant in the face of adversity.This revealing memoir by 3-time world champion 2-time Olympian and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta chronicles her drive to become an elite athlete and her climb to the top of her game...what you knew about her-and what you didnt-until now.You may think you know what it means to be a champion but youre about to find out that you had no idea.