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Des Lynam Commonwealth Games - July/Aug 1986

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Uploaded by on May 29, 2008

Short clip of the housewifes' choice in his heyday.
This is immediately after Steve Ovett won gold in the 5000m if that helps anyone to precisely date it.

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  • There is some truth in that but some events were not that affected. This was used to take away Ovett's great win at 5000m. Even David Bedford said recently this very thing, but there were no really great African runners then they were all making money on theUS road circuit. Ovett beat Buckner and Hutchings easily and these were gold and Bronze at the Euros a few weeks later. Fact - the best 500m runners in 86 - bar Aouita and a couple of thers - were European

  • This was essentially just the Britain/Australia/Canada/NZ games (rather wet and cold, as well), because the black and Asian Commonwealth countries largely boycotted them over the Thatcher government's refusal to impose sanctions on Apartheid South Africa. The precise date here is Thursday 31st July 1986.

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