MY GREATEST RACE MARK RICHARDSON Bislett Games, Oslo, July 9,1998 | 400m, first place, 44.37 (PB)
There had been a change in my training regime. Martin Watkins, my coach up until Atlanta 1996, helped me towards winning an Olympic silver in the 4x400m relay. He did an absolutely fantastic job, but I had the opportunity to spark a coaching relationship with Roger Black.
He wasn't actually my coach, but I guess Roger was so satisfied with clinching individual Olympic silver that he was just more open to inviting the competition in or maybe passing the baton on. I've got no idea why, but the time was right.
I was just like a sponge, I wanted to learn from him and I thought what he'd done was incredible so I wanted to…