Steve Ovett, Commonwealth 5000m 1986

Steve Ovett's last championship medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games. By this time he was past his best and had moved up to 5000m to contest his first championship race at the distance. By winning, he extended his extraordinary range, having already won Olympic gold at 800m as well as 1500m golds at the Europeans & two World Cups. Here he can be seen beating team mates Hutchings and Jack Buckner, who would go on to win the European title at the same distance less than a month later. In that Stuttgart race, Ovett was forced to retire with another chest infection. The anticipated clash with Aouita at the following year's World Championships in Rome never really materialised, and Ovett was never a force again. Sit back and enjoy his last great triumph.