Daley Thompson, superstar

Talking of the Olympics (see previous post), do watch Daley: Olympic Superstar on iPlayer.

It's a documentary about Daley Thompson, Britain's greatest Olympic athlete, and it's worth every minute of your time, especially (spoiler alert) the moment at the end when he and his fiercest rival, the West German decathlete Jürgen Hingsen, laugh and embrace.

According to some, Thompson has either been forgotten by many people or journalists have been driven to ask, 'Why do we find it so hard to love Daley Thompson?'.

Speak for yourself!

Despite his well publicised faults he's always been a hero to me, and after watching Daley: Olympic Superstar I couldn't love him more.