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Fire from Olympia is a British documentary, written and directed by Christopher Miles, which follows the fortunes of three athletes from Italy, Greece and the UK in Olympia, Nemea and Levadia, (where athletes from across Greece recreate the Ancient Games). They also entered into Robert Dover’s Cotswold ‘Olimpicks’ and the Wenlock Olympian Games in England.

The film also explains why the torch race was never run at Olympia, and the true story of how two Englishmen reinvented the modern Olympic revival.

This version was especially re-cut and released for the 2012 London Olympics by Soda Pictures.

Daley's Decathlon (1982) TV Sports Special

With ‘Fire from Olympia’ is a one hour film about Daley Thompson's personal triumph in Athens in 1982, when he took the world record from his arch-rival Jürgen Hingsen, written and directed by Christopher Miles.

The film is also about the Decathlon itself, as Dr Otto Symiczek, a Judge at the European Games, examines its ancient Greek origins at Olympia, with Richard Slaney and Daley himself.

Unique footage shows one of the world's greatest athletes in action, as well as a rare insight into the thoughts and tensions as he wins Gold and breaks the World Record - making him the first athlete in history to hold European, Commonwealth and Olympic gold medals simultaneously.