Finish Line.

Peter Snell was an unknown athlete when he won the 800 metres gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, lunging at the tape to just shade Roger Moens on the line. The upset win boosted Snell's confidence in middle-distance races back home. In 1962 Snell broke the world mile record on grass at Wanganui's Cooks gardens. I likedthe grass track at Western Springs and some evenings Peter Snell was there too, training for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where he won the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Snell set world and Olympic records at various distances, yet the year after the Tokyo triumphs he retired. The trajectory of his career was like a shooting star. Then he moved across the sky to the United States. (Peter Snell 1938-December 2019) . 2-4 January,2020.