06-17-2015, 03:17 AM
(06-17-2015, 12:06 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Was he the one who struggled to perform his best in front of large crowds ? I vaguely remember reading about an older Australian athlete with this disposition years ago.
He was a world record holder many times over but he found it difficult to win championship races.
He was an Olympic Bronze medallist in 1964 but had real trouble coping with the altitude four years later in Mexico
He lit the flame at the Melbourne Olympics as a rising junior star....he was the junior mile world record holder at the time.