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  • Faster, Higher, Stronger Stories of the Olympic Games: 1500 Metres (Season 1, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Stories of the Olympic Games: 1500 Metres (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary
BBC2's history of the Olympics now tells the story of the blue riband event of any Games - the 1500 metres, or metric mile. This was the race that gave Britain its finest Olympic hour in Los Angeles in 1984 when three British world ...See moreBBC2's history of the Olympics now tells the story of the blue riband event of any Games - the 1500 metres, or metric mile. This was the race that gave Britain its finest Olympic hour in Los Angeles in 1984 when three British world champions competed for gold - Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram. Travelling to the many and varied environments that have helped shape the greatest 1500m runners - from the forests of Finland to the beaches of Australia, from the city streets and country lanes of Britain to the high altitude terrains of Kenya and Morocco - it reveals that although the race is run on a track, it is ultimately won on punishing training runs in natural landscapes. With contributions from some of the greatest Olympians ever to run the 1500m - Kip Keino, Herb Elliot, Peter Snell, Sebastian Coe and the current world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj - the programme shows that to win 1500m gold, athletes need the stamina of marathon runners, the explosive speed of the best sprinters and the tactical brains of chess masters. Written by BBC See less
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Francis Welch
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Francis Welch
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Jul 11, 2012 (United Kingdom)

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