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Olympic Greats - David Hemery
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Vice Chairman of the British Olympic Association, David Hemery broke the World record to win the 400m Hurdles in devastating style at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.Hemery spent much of h

Olympic Greats - Steve Ovett
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Biography 800m Olympic champion in Moscow 1980, beating his great rival Sebastian Coe into silver medal position.His semaphored messages to his wife to be Rachel became a familiar feature in his races

Olympic Greats - Surgei Bubka - Pole vaulter
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Here is the greatest Pole vaulter of all time - Sergeyev Bubka from the Ukraine winning in the World Championships in 1997Sergei Bubka is a former Ukrainian pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Uni

Olympic Greats - Seb Coe 1980
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As part of the Mysportstream series on Olympic greats - here is Seb Coe winning the 1500 Metres with the up till then unbeaten Steve Ovett coming in third.Masterminded the victorious campaign to

Olympic Greats - Ed Moses 1976
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Ed Moes wins the Montreal Olympics in 1976 in a World Record time. Brief glimpse of Alan Pascoe.Edwin Moses, the most ruthless athlete in history, was once asked how he wanted to be remembered. 'Hope