Sebastian : Yes. In 1980. We lived in a really poor district of London, and we didn't have much money. Running cost nothing, so my dad and I spent our free time running through the city's parks.
Interviewer: When did you run your first race?
Sebastian : Oh, that was at school, and everybody was surprised how fast I was!
Interviewer: What happened then?
Sebastian: My gym teacher coached me.
Interviewer: And when was your first important competition?
Sebastian: When I was nineteen. I ran in my first European competition. I ran 800 meters in one minute fifty seconds.