British Olympic hammer thrower who became a highly respected athletics commentator for the BBC Paul Dickenson, who has died aged 74, worked as a BBC commentator for more than 20 years and was associated with some of the greatest moments in British athletics history. It was Dickenson who was commentating when the triple jumper Jonathan Edwards broke the world record at the 1995 World Athletics Championships with a leap of 18.29m, which still holds. His was also the principal voice describing Olym...
British Olympic hammer thrower who became a highly respected athletics commentator for the BBC Paul Dickenson, who has died aged 74, worked as a BBC commentator for more than 20 years and was associated with some of the greatest moments in British athletics history. It was Dickenson who was commentating when the triple jumper Jonathan Edwards broke the world record at the 1995 World Athletics Championships with a leap of 18.29m, which still holds. His was also the principal voice describing Olym...
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