Out of the Running the Sorry State of Track and Field Means It May Be Already Too Late to Recreate the Glory Days of the 1970s, Finds Alan Campbell
Sunday Herald › November 17, 2008
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THE 1970 Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh were memorable for Scottish sport.
Four gold medals in track and field, backed up by two silvers and a bronze, contributed to Scotland finishing fourth in the medals table.See the full content of this document
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Out of the Running the Sorry State of Track and Field Means It May Be Already Too Late to Recreate the Glory Days of the 1970s, Finds Alan Campbell
By 1986, when the Games returned to Edinburgh, the decline of Scottish athletics had begun. There were six track and field medals, but only one was gold, won by a young Liz Lynch (McColgan). Moreover, these Games, already tarnished by the involvement of Robert Maxwell, were further devalued by a boycott of 32 African, Asian and Caribbean nations.
But even 1986 cou...See the full content of this document
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