THIS IS A BANNER YEAR FOR GOLDEN sporting anniversaries. First 1972 gave us Bob Massie, as detailed in last month’s column. Then it gave us MARY PETERS.
The Munich Olympics were Mary’s last shot at glory. She had competed in the pentathlon at the two previous Games, finishing fourth in Tokyo in 1964 and ninth in Mexico City four years later.
She lived in Belfast, where training conditions were tough — rainy, cold, a running track pitted with potholes, and of course repeated bombs and security alerts. But it was also for
