Delany’s determined victory in the 1,500m event at the 1956 Olympics still inspires today
was the open space and the Avoca river that flowed behind the house where he was born at Ferrybank in Arklow on March 6th, 1935, giving him an appreciation for the simple freedoms he later associated with
Ronnie Delany winning the 1500 metres at the Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956 sparked huge interest in the sport at home, but it was deeply divided. Photograph: IOC/Allsport “The funny thing is I hated training. I was probably a little lazy, but I trained smart, and I brought a lot of my own views to the table. It was only when I went to America that I really believed I could be the Olympic champion.
The story of his 1956 success at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in front of 120,000 spectators, has been told many times, and in another interview with this newspaper in 2016, marking its 60th anniversary, Delany recalled the race in detail.
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