1981 Dream MIle - Ovett, Scott, Cram, Walker
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Did you notice those two Scandinavian blonde lovelies who approached Mr Ovett shortly after the end of that race? I wonder if either - or both - of them tried to pull him, that evening !
Steve (God luv him) may not have been blessed with the classic 'pretty boy' looks of Donny Osmond, David Cassidy - or even Sebastian Coe (!) - but one suspects that his 'pulling' power was not inconsiderable as a young man.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
Yet another superb performance by the 'big O'. At that time (July 1981) the world's top two 1500 metres runners - or 'milers' - came from the same country: namely, Great Britain (of course). I earnestly hope that one day, that situation will arise again - i.e. the top two 1500 metres runners in the world will both be British. I won't hold my breath, though !
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
Poor Steve Scott never won.
kozmon0t 3 months ago
Geez John Walker had to have one of the longest competive careers at this distance.
dredandmrbears 10 months ago
Ovett would have run 3:47 here had he taken it seriously over the last 100m. Remember watching this race in awe at Ovett. This was a race and not a time trial.
tommytempo1 10 months ago
@oldjoe5 - Just saw this, lol. No, I didn't forget Morceli. I was remarking on what Cram was capable of during his record race.
franknjess 1 year ago
@deano27671 . Your lack of self knowledge is really a shame
oldjoe5 1 year ago
@oldjoe5 I'm obviously dealing with a moron. Go away and read some books on the period. Ovett pulled out of their clash, not Coe's fault. The phrase "no problem" , which I've just located, refers to a quote from Mel Watman in AW, when he believed Coe was going to run 3:28 in Zurich 80. I then commented that if that were the case, which I agreed with, then of course he'd be able to run a 3:44 mile based on the 1.08 conversion. I talked about it in abstract and you then spun it out of context.
deano27671 1 year ago
@oldjoe5 Ok, try this then. "IF" you actually had any understanding of the European middle distance scene in that era, then you "WOULD HAVE" grasped the rudiments of my argument.
deano27671 1 year ago
@deano27671 "except Ovett." Pretty key exception, wouldn't you say, given Ovett was the only one capable of beating him at that time.
"No problems" may be a figure of speech but surely even you will admit it is not interchangable with " was capable of". And now you are claiming "I can't even find that quote on this thread" while it is sitting there for all to see. My God man, can't you even be honest with yourself?
oldjoe5 1 year ago