 ending his athletic career. But he wasn't too bothered. It was an enormous relief. One of the difficulties that any athlete has when he's got to the top is do I stop or do I go on? The sensible people stop because after all there's only one way and that's down. Was I going to go on until 1928 and defend my Olympic title? Or was I going to give up? Now I hate having to make decisions on those things but I've learnt