Now, for the first time, he reveals how he has found love again Down Under with new partner Carolyn And Steve remembers well how she took some convincing he was a gold medal winning star.In a comical first meeting, Carolyn, a former Australian Olympic 10,000m finalist herself, told Steve to use the “staff entrance” because she thought he was dressed too casually to be a sporting hero.Steve’s finest triumph on the track was to beat arch-rival Sebastian Coe in the 1980 Olympic 800m final, a competition he decorated with those finger-signal messages in the heats and semi-final.“It wasn’t premeditated, it was just spontaneity,” says Steve.“I hadn’t spoken to Rachel in a while, because it was impossible to get phone calls in or out of Moscow then, so when I looked up and saw the cameras, it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.“BBC commentator David Coleman spent half the night trying to decode it on air, which I thought was really funny, and I found out later that half the country was fascinated by my hieroglyphics.“But it was nothing more than my way of letting Rachel know I was OK and that I missed her, because I knew she would be watching.“I could never have envisaged that it would stir so much interest.”Steve and Rachel tied the knot months later, and when the children, Alexandra, 22, Georgie, 21, Freddy, 18 and Lois, 15, were still young they decided to resettle in Australia.At face value, everything about the move was perfect: climate, schools, location and lifestyle all suited them down to the ground.For several years before the move to Australia the couple lived in Scotland.Steven said: “We lived as Bedouin spirits after I retired, buying and selling properties, and our four kids were born in Scotland, where one of my greatest achievements was to convert a derelict stately home into a magnificent house.“Dumfries is a beautiful part of the UK, but it’s not ideal for kids who are as sporty as some of ours.”Steve and his kids moved to Kinmount House, near Annan, Dumfriesshire, in 1988.Shortly after the move, he started running for local athletics club Annan, and even talked about trying out for the Auckland 1990 Scottish Commonwealth Games team.But the plan never materialised and they sold the house in 1998, before moving on to Australia.Steve said: ‘“We had both loved Australia when we came over here in the 1980s, and we decided if we didn’t take the plunge when the kids were young, we never would.“It’s funny how choosing the colour of your car can take weeks, yet the big decisions in life are often snap judgments.“We jumped at the chance to move here, but in some ways it was a wrench to leave the old mother country.“I think Rachel missed the UK more than I did. Steve Ovett Atleta británico Especialidad: 1500 metros, Milla Cónyuge: Rachel Waller Hijos: Freddy Ovett Nombre: Steven Michael James Ovett Altura The couple split up four years after their move to Oz, leaving Steve to face up to life on his own.Now, for the first time, he reveals how he has found love again, at the age of 56, with new partner Carolyn Schuwalow.And Steve – who will be an Olympic columnist exclusively for the Mirror throughout the London 2012 games – remembers how she took some convincing that he was a gold medal-winning star.At their first meeting, Carolyn Schuwalow, a former Australian 10,000m runner, told Steve to use the staff entrance because she thought he was dressed too casually to be a sporting hero.“It wasn’t premeditated,” says Steve, gazing out across Melbourne’s new waterfront complex.“I hadn’t spoken to Rachel in a while, because it was impossible to get phone calls in or out of Moscow, so when I saw the cameras, it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.“I wouldn’t say that I invented text message abbreviations but I guess ILY was the forerunner to OMG, LOL.“BBC commentator David Coleman spent half the night trying to decode it on air, which was quite funny, and I found out half the country was fascinated by my hieroglyphics.“But it was nothing more than my way of letting Rachel know I was OK and that I missed her, because I knew she would be watching. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Rachel.’s connections and jobs at similar companies. While I was still competing, a mate took me down to Bondi beach in Sydney. Ovett and his parents were estranged for years, Waller and Ovett later divorced.Ovett’s relationship with Coe seemed to be amicable and nowhere in the book, does he say anything overtly negative about him except when recounting a moment when he, Ovett, An Autobiography, is an entertaining read.
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