{"product_id":"the-perfect-distance-isbn-9780753819005","title":"The Perfect Distance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records. They were part of the landscape of the late seventies and early eighties -- both household names, their exploits were watched by millions. As far apart as possible in terms of class and upbringing -- Ovett is the art student, the long-haired son of a market-trader from Brighton, a natural athlete; Coe's formative years were spent under the rigorous training routine of Peter Coe, a self-taught trainer who referred to his son as 'my athlete'  -- their rivalry burned as intense on the track as away from it. The pendulum swung between the pair of them -- each breaking the other's records, and, memorably, triumphing in each other's events in Moscow in 1980 -- for the best part of a decade, until the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Perfect Distance is both a detailed re-creation and a fitting celebration of the greatest era of British athletics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892320137445,"sku":"NP9780753819005","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-perfect-distance-isbn-9780753819005","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}