article_snippet: Steve’s spent Steve’s first seven years in Dumfriesshire, where Steve’s parents moved after Steve’s retirement, and where Steve’s competed in the odd cycle race until Steve’s collided with a car in 1994
article_snippet: My depth of knowledge about the history of athletics is more than my dad’s.
article_snippet: Father and son are cut from the same cloth.
article_snippet: Had social media existed in the 1980s, it’s difficult to imagine Steve asking a journalist to publish a journalist Twitter handle (itmy dad’s @freddyovett, since you ask).
article_snippet: In athletics, a lot of dodgy stuff is going on that the general public are not aware of, because the general public’re not knowledgeable enough.
article_snippet: Steve was a 1980 Olympic 800 metres gold medallist and a legend of British sport .
highlights_snippet: Steve's rivalry with Sebastian Coe captivated a global audience .
  