Bud Winter, who at San Jose State University in the 1960s counseled the top sprinters in the world (including Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Lee Evans), was famous for advising his athletes never to put out more than a 90% effort.

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In Olympic Stadium, meanwhile, America's top female sprinters outpaced their Jamaican competitors to earn gold in the prestigious 4 x 100-meter relay -- though their long dominant countrymen fell just short in the 4 X 400-meter men's race.

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But he hopes that the 'Linford Christie' affect may be felt and a new generation of hurdlers come through as we now have an era of top-class sprinters with the likes of Dwain Chambers, Mark Lewis-Francis, Christian Malcolm and Darren Campbell.

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