{"product_id":"9780753819005-the-perfect-distance","title":"The Perfect Distance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOvett and Coe: The Record Breaking Rivalry. The definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, published to coincide with the 2012 games. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records. They were part of the landscape of the late seventies and early eighties -- both household names, their exploits were watched by millions. As far apart as possible in terms of class and upbringing -- Ovett is the art student, the long-haired son of a market-trader from Brighton, a natural athlete; Coe's formative years were spent under the rigorous training routine of Peter Coe, a self-taught trainer who referred to his son as 'my athlete'  -- their rivalry burned as intense on the track as away from it. The pendulum swung between the pair of them -- each breaking the other's records, and, memorably, triumphing in each other's events in Moscow in 1980 -- for the best part of a decade, until the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Perfect Distance is both a detailed re-creation and a fitting celebration of the greatest era of British athletics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31882377396321,"sku":"9780753819005","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/7da4c919c64aca7c4c3ddd2b5a3c56fb.png?v=1687976258","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780753819005-the-perfect-distance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}