Rono,Foster,McCleod,-5000m.Final-1978 Commonwealth Games,Edmonton

The great Henry Rono,one of Kenya's greatest ever athletes (and my personal favourite).Unfortunately his genius came along during the period when Kenya pulled out of two consecutive Olympic Games,in '76 and '80.Luckily his best year,1978,when he broke four world records(3K,3K steeplechase,5K and 10K...still a unique achievement),coincided with a Commonwelth Games.Held in high humidity and at slight altitude it was never going to be a WR,but it does at least show just how damned good Rono was at his peak.The only likely threats were Brendan Foster and Rod Dixon,both of who'd shown good form going into the Games,but Foster was still suffering badly from his exertions in the 10K,which he'd won,and Dixon sadly just didn't get it together on the day.Rono,however,was just cooking!