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Jul 8, 2024 · Allan Wells, an ex-long jumper who trained in an Edinburgh garage with his wife and coach Margot, resisted huge pressure from 10 Downing Street. The much-fancied Americans weren't in the Central...
Jul 3, 2024 · They are just two of the 18 to top the podium since Allan Wells’ triumph in the 100 metres at the 1980 Moscow Games. Here are all 18, starting with the most recent. 1. Duncan Scott. In the 2020...
5 days ago · Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist Alan Wells visited the Inverness leisure centre, chatted to the local people and also showed his medals to the crowd. Here you can see Alan showing his...
3 days ago · The Scottish 100m hopeful Allan Wells came under direct pressure from Margaret Thatcher’s government not to go. “Margo and I were getting letters from 10 Downing Street saying we dinnae want you to go,” Wells told. Costello some 44 years later (Margo being Wells’s wife and coach). But in the end they pushed too hard.
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2 days ago · Aided by the absence of American opposition, Allan Wells beat Cuban Silvio Leonard to become the first Briton since 1924 to win the Olympic 100 metres race. Gerd Wessig, who had made the East German team only two weeks before the Games, easily won the gold medal with a 2.36 metres (7 ft 9 in) high jump. This was 9 cm higher than he had ever ...
Jul 9, 2024 · Allan Wells, who won Olympic gold at the Men's 100m sprint in Moscow in 1980, said Liddell was inspirational. He said: "To run what he did on cinder tracks is unbelievable. ''He had guts and ...
