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The Ballads of the Games Going for Gold Photos from the making of the Going For Gold Ballad

Photos by Vince Hunt

  • Olympic Park in London under construction
  • Landscaping the Olympic Park in London
  • Olympic Park Velodrome
  • Olympic Park in London under construction
  • Olympic Park in London under construction
  • Middle distance runner Brendan Foster won Britain's only medal, a bronze, at the Montreal Olympics
  • Vered Bouskila
  • Sarah Storey, formidable swimmer, cyclist and multiple gold medallist at the Paralympic Games
  • Anita de Frantz, US rower
  • Olga Korbut with reporter Vince Hunt
  • John Moffet, who tore a thigh muscle in the pool during the warm-up for the 100m breaststroke final in the LA 1984 Games
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born swimmer who left for the US
  • John Naber
  • Pat McCormick, US diver from California who trained by diving off bridges and narrowly missed qualification for the 1948 Games
  • Nancy Kerr and partner James Fagan who perform ‘The Bunting and the Crown’ in the Going For Gold Ballad

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  • The Ballads of the Games—Going for Gold

    4/6 The pursuit of the ultimate prize - Olympic gold - is explored in words and original song.

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  • Photos from the making of The Marathon Ballad—The Marathon

  • Photos from the making of the Controversies Ballad—Controversies

  • Photos from the making of the Going For Gold Ballad—Going for Gold

  • Photos from the making of the Munich Ballad—Munich

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