Snell Still Streaks Ahead

Sebastian Coe reminisces about the grand days of athletics, when athletes focused on ambitious all-round feats. For a middle- distance runner, “no championship season was complete without a tilt at the 800m-1500m double.” He cites NZ legend Peter Snell as being the best example of what is now a rare achievement: “Snell’s success was born of the New Zealand landscape, his immense natural strength – in full flow he could have been wearing the silver fern of the All Blacks – and the training schedules of Arthur Lydiard…“