Great Britain

DALEY THOMPSON The first athlete in history to hold Three Decathlon~Gold Medals: Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980; Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982; European Games, Athens, 1982 and The World Record, Athens, 1982. Ten Times Better Than The Best. This is the dramatic story of Daley Thompson's sensational Gold Medal triumph and his shattering of the World Record in Athens. How he survived 10 entirely different gruelling events, broke personal records and he came through with world-beating achievements whenever the odds looked against him. The story that captured the headlines in all the newspapers. This is also the story of the Decathlon, complete with historic footage and Daley demonstrating the techniques of the original events amongst the monuments and temples of ancient Greece. Decathletes, the Kings of athletes, compete only two or three times a year but here is your opportunity to see the greatest athlete in the history of the world during the moments of his most spectacular victory.