Word: sebastians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets will undoubtedly point to the 35 world records set, the numerous medals they piled up, and the several confrontations which gripped even dispassionate observers--like the duel between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Then again, events such as equestrian did not even resemble competitions of Olympian stature...
...heavy business of the Olympics, track and field, did not get under way until late in the week. Most eagerly awaited was the showdown between England's exciting runners, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, in the 800 meters. Another Briton, Allan Wells, 28, beat them to the gold with a victory in the 100-meter dash; Wells needed a closing rush to edge out Cuba's Silvio Leonard in the relatively slow time of 10.25. (The best U.S. time this year was 10.02 by James Sanford of the University of Southern California.) A Cuban woman, Maria Colon...
...surpassing middle-distance runners from Britain had met in a race only once before, in Prague two years ago. They burned each other out and were passed in the stretch by another competitor. After that, Steve Ovett, 24, and Sebastian Coe, 23, scrupulously avoided each other, both on the track and at public gatherings. "It would be too embarrassing," explained Ovett. "People would ask who was the better runner, who would beat the other...
When Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in January urged Britain's athletes to boycott the Olympics, many of her countrymen found themselves torn between an urge to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and their desire to see Sebastian Coe bring home some gold. Coe, 23, is the world record holder at 800, 1,000 and 1,500 meters, and held the mile record as well until only two weeks ago. So intense was the public and press curiosity about whether he would join the majority of the 67-member British team in forgoing the trip to Moscow that...
...will turn in 160 or more miles in contrast to Coe's 50 to 70. After he shattered Coe's mile mark, however, Ovett did permit himself a rare moment of public exultation: "One of the big goals this season was to take this world record from Sebastian Coe-it tasted terrific...