Ron Clarke-RIP

[PaulP]

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.

Thanks lods. Is this pattern of performance unusual in the athletics world ? i.e being a record holder but not winning at the Olympics etc.

Thanks