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That IOM trip is one of my first city memories. Remember the open training session. Brian Horton was great, making sure players mixed with the fans. Seem to remember the team going to play golf, but as he wasn't much of a golfer, Rosler went for a drink instead and sat chatting to fans for ages...

To be fair, the photo finish image is a bit confusing, and never properly explained by commentators or pundits. The image isn't a typical photograph, as in a snap shot of a point in time. It's more of a time line of sequential photos. The four narrow lines in that image are all the finish line...

Kerr ran pretty much his perfect race. Jakob was brave and gave himself every chance, running to his strength. Nothing arrogant or stupid, especially from Kerr. Sometimes, there's just a better athlete on the day.

Can't have a bad word said about Dave Moorcroft! One of the nicest guys you could meet. Very humble, has given so much back to the sport, and is one of the most inspirational speakers I've had the pleasure of listening to.

Could argue it was the other way round, regarding talent. Ovett was the more impressive junior and had the better range, winning national titles from 400m to 12km cross-country. He probably did train harder than was often the perception, but I think Coe was possibly the harder training and Ovett...