KOLKATA: Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes to not have won an Olympic gold, although the former 110m hurdler has been a world champions multiple times, a world record holder and has innumerable titles under his belt. The cricketer-turned athlete, though, has no regrets.
"It wasn't meant to be," the Welshman, in the city for a sporting event, told TOI on Thursday. The silver in Seoul, 1988, was his best result in Olympic Games, although he participated in three more. He started as the favourite in all of them, but injuries ended his hopes. "That's how athletics is, you have to accept it." Jackson hit the headlines again much after retirement when he came out as gay.
