1500m silver medallist Steve Cram has recounted an amusing run-in with Princess Anne as his "funniest Olympic moment". The athletics star, who will be lending his voice to the BBC's commentary team for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, had tried to dodge the Princess Royal at the time to avoid delaying his dinner.The encounter happened at the Seoul Olympic Games when he and decathlon champion Daley Thompson, aged 63 and 65 respectively, were caught hiding by Princess Anne, leading to a cheeky two-word quip from her.Reliving the incident with the Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine, Steve disclosed: "At Seoul in 1988, Daley Thompson and I were very hungry and were on our way to get food when we noticed an entourage with Princess Anne.""We knew we'd have to engage with them and we'd be late for our meal.
So we hid in a doorway but as the entourage went past, Princess Anne looked around, spotted us and said, 'Hello, boys'.""She was the one person who'd seen us...", he confessed with a hint of embarrassment, reports the Express.
Princess Anne has long been intertwined with the Olympics, serving as President of the British Olympic Association since 1983 and as a Member of the International Olympic Committee, after being the first Royal to compete in the Olympic Games.The historic moment unfolded as she rode Goodwill, a horse that belonged to the late Queen, in the three-day equestrian event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.In addition to this, the Princess has claimed several European Three-Day Event Championships titles - securing gold in the individual discipline in 1971 and silver in the same category and team discipline in 1975.Moreover, her daughter Zara Tindall emulated her mother by participating in the exact same
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