Stadium Australia, Sydney, September 25, 2000: 10,000mThey hit the bell, still cagey, still waiting. Two greats sparring as they had done so many times before, as they had in the same event at the previous Olympic games in Atlanta. On the final bend
year, revisiting the scene, near the finish line of the Lenin (now Luzhniki) Stadium, Coe told BBC Radio, “This is the spot which probably defines everything else I’ve done in my life.” If the ebullient Ovett had won, as widely expected, Coe admitted
