Ovett turns down approach from movie makers

Thursday, 18 February 2010

By Steven Downes

February 18 - The BBC’s proposed film about one of the great athletics rivalries of all-time, between British milers Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett (pictured), is going ahead despite one of the protagonists declining to co-operate with its making.

Ovett has turned down an approach from the film’s producers to work as a consultant on the project, which the BBC hopes to release ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.