Ron Pickering quotes:

The French are not normally a Nordic Skiing Nation.

Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream

Cram nailed his colours to the mast and threw down the Great Pretender

Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front

The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals

Coe has smashed the world record, 1:44.92 seconds has never been run easier

The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment

Watch the time - it gives you an indication of how fast they are running.

And the mile once again becomes the focal point where it's always been