Great British Olympic Champions – photos
by Anorak | 26th, April 2012
The London Olympics are coming. Quick! Look busy. Only joking, they’re gonna be great. In readiness for the big patriot push, we’ve compiled a gallery of some Team GB gold medal winners of old, right from the 1908 Olympics up to the last shindig in Beijing…
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East GermanyÂs Jurgen Straub, standing, comforts Sebastian Coe of Britain after Coe finished first to win the menÂs 1,500-meter race at the Moscow Olympics in Moscow, Friday, August 1, 1980. Coe won with time of 3:38.4. Straub finished second to win silver. BritainÂs Steve Ovett, who was favored to win, finished third and it was the first time Coe ever beat Ovett in a race. (AP Photo)
Posted: 26th, April 2012 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
