Sebastian Coe

Desert Island Discs

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🗓️ 15 August 1981

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion athlete Sebastian Coe. Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armsrtong Book: The Penguin Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker Luxury: Bed

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kristi Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs Archive.
0:05.8	The program was originally broadcast in 1981, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.
0:12.0	Our cast away this week is an athlete, world record holder, Olympic gold medalist Sebastian
0:33.5	Koeh.
0:34.5	So, what would you be happy as to got away from?
0:38.4	Certainly last year, it would have been the Olympic Games' build-up, which starts relentlessly
0:43.5	from November, the previous year, and just reaches a crescendo in August.
0:48.7	There's nothing particular this year that you want to get away from.
0:51.7	No, athletically, it's probably going to be a fairly enjoyable year, so there are not
0:55.9	too many pressures.
0:56.9	Right.
0:57.9	Do you play at Discs a lot?
1:00.3	Yes.
1:01.3	Do you play at an instrument?
1:02.4	I don't play at an instrument, but I think it's probably fair to say that I have a very
1:06.0	heavy reliance on music.
1:07.4	Do you sing?
1:08.4	For yourself?
1:09.4	Yes.
1:10.4	Well, for myself, yes.
1:11.4	Do you find that when you're training, a tune runs through your head in time with your
1:16.2	steps?
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