Search results for ‘ian searcey’

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  • 23 Jul 2012

    After their Tour de France success, Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish will be stars at London 2012. How different from 1972, when Phil Edwards was living on his savings as he prepared for Munich.

  • 21 Jul 2012

    Three days before winning gold in Rome – and less than four years before becoming world heavyweight boxing champion – Muhammad Ali spoke to ITN about his “Romanic” name and why he took up boxing.

  • 20 Jul 2012

    At the 1964 Tokyo games, Mary Rand broke the world long jump record to win gold. But four years earlier, as post room worker Mary Bignall, she was just another Olympic hopeful.

  • 19 Jul 2012

    Britain’s 1960 Olympic uniform showcased a “blue hopsack” centre-vent blazer, pinpoint trousers and blue suede shoes with cooling airholes. Eat your heart out, Stella McCartney.

  • 18 Jul 2012

    After winning gold in the Melbourne 3,000 metres steeplechase, Chris Brasher, a US oil company employee, stopped off in the States on his way home – finally returning to the UK on 9 January 1957.

  • 17 Jul 2012

    100 metres backstroke gold medallist Judy Grinham returned to London in the depths of winter after her 1956 Melbourne triumph. She was welcomed home by friends, relatives – and ITN’s John Hartley.

  • 16 Jul 2012

    Teenager Terry Spinks had to take time off from his dustbin round to win flyweight gold at Melbourne. Reginald Bosanquet met him on his return at the family home in Canning Town.