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Steve Cram
 

British middle distance running could not believe its luck when, in a majestic-striding youngster from the northeast called Steve Cram, it found a "third man" to eclipse Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. Steve quietly nurtured a natural gift that was arguably superior to both of them.

When he was in full cry during his destruction of Ovett's 1500m and Coe's World mile records in 1985, one commentator likened it to "watching a Greek god on the track".

For five seasons between 1982 and 1986, he enjoyed a dazzling spell of competitive success which neither Coe nor Ovett ever matched, winning a world, two European and three Commonwealth Golds.

The ultimate prize deserted him when, not fully fit, he had to settle for silver behind Coe in the Los Angeles Olympics 1500m final. His response was three world records in 19 days the following year, including history's first sub-three and half minute metric mile in one of the sport's epic duels, with Said Aouita.