Tonya Knights has get up the Lets Do It Anyway charity.; photo Adrian Judd
Video: My Olympic memories: Tonya Knights
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
5:18 PM
For Tonya Knights, Olympic torchbearer and founder of Let’s Do It Anyway charity, from Badersfield, the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games are particularly memorable.
She remembers the intense rivalry between Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe.
As a middle distance runner herself she said the two athletes “completely inspired me”.
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