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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mark Staniforth

David Wilkie: Swimming star who shattered world record at Montreal Olympics

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David Wilkie summoned one of the all-time great British Olympic performances when he surged to the gold medal in the Montreal pool in 1976.

Wilkie had arrived in Canada as the two-time defending world champion in the men’s 200m breaststroke and not been beaten in the event over the previous four years.

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