It's 60 years since Ronnie Delany took gold in the 1,500-metres at the Melbourne Olympics.
That black and white film of the Wicklow native taking the bend at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, en route to victory, serves as an indelible reminder of Delany's achievement at the 1956 Games.
Reflecting on his triumph, the Wicklow native told RTÉ Sport: "When you're winning a race and you're running hard and you're running positively, you know no one is going pass you. At the end of the race I threw out my arms in absolute exultation knowing I was winning, with joy in my heart.
"What a wonderful moment - even 60 years later."
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Delany went on to reference a particular race six months before Melbourne that proved to him he could claim Olympic gold.
"When I ran a four-minute mile on 1 June 1956, I knew now I could win the Olympics," he revealed.
"I had this decisiveness. Where did it come from? Well, it came from this quantity of training I had put in, the tutoring I got, the mentoring I got and from the heart. Overall it was built in there from hard work, dedication and desire.
"Tactically, I wanted to win and I raced to win. In the Olympic final, I ran the perfect race."
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