“It’s the Irish miler Ron Delany. He’s coming on like an express train.”And sure enough, Delany didn’t stop until the finish line. ***Kilkenny reader Denis Bergin reminds me of a period Delany spent in that city during the 1950s, selling vacuum cleaners door to door. But according to McDonald, Delany’s bed was sometimes refrigerated too. Where did he come from?”, quiz master Pat Kenny sprang the tie-break question: To the nearest tenth of a second, what was Ronnie Delany’s winning time in the Olympic 1,500m?

Source: The Irish Times March 13, 2026 22:16 UTC