I remember watching the 1,500 metres final in 1974 in what was probably one of the greatest 1,500 metres races of all time, when Filbert Bayi pipped John Walker and Ben Jipcho to the gold. Four years later I found myself lining up alongside Filbert Bayi in the final in Edmonton and beat him to win the gold medal. I think he’d had malaria a few weeks earlier! I actually shared a room with Brendan Foster at the Games, who won the 10,000 metres gold medal, so we had a double gold room!
Four years later I went on to win the 5,000 metres Commonwealth Games gold medal in Brisbane.
You can watch David win his gold medal in Brisbane below!
Memory added on January 23, 2026
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