It was Sylvia Potts' misfortune to be remembered in New Zealand athletics history for one, or perhaps two, events, neither of which was a running triumph.

She was the athlete who fell when only a stride from the 1500m gold medal at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. She was also the runner chosen, because of that tragedy, to carry the Queen's baton into the stadium at the opening of the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

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Sylvia's Games History