Gary Hall Senior won medals at three Olympic Games and held numerous world records, but on one late-August day in 1972, it was Hall’s friend, clubmate and fellow competitor, Mark Spitz, who set the sporting world alight, as Hall explains…

Munich 1972-SPITZ Mark (USA), DEARDRUFF Deena Diana (USA), HALL Gary Wayne (USA)

Munich 1972-SPITZ Mark (USA), DEARDRUFF Deena Diana (USA), HALL Gary Wayne (USA)

Munich 1972-HALL Gary W. (USA) 2nd and SPITZ Mark (USA) 1st

ISLAMORADA, FL - JUNE 11: (NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. practices for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials June 11, 2008, in Islamorada, Florida. If he qualifies at the June 29-July 6 trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Hall will be set to compete in his fourth consecutive Olympics and will seek a third consecutive gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle event. He has 10 Olympic swimming medals including five gold.

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lillehammer 2016 – and the 27th anniversary of the Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994 – we look at how the Lillehammer Olympic Legacy Sports Centre has carried their legacy on, helping drive the growth in winter sports at home and abroad.