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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jamie Gardner

‘I am not afraid to die’: Munich survivor, 86, recalls terror attack at 1972 Olympics

Shaul Ladany can still clearly remember the third time he cheated death.

The Israeli had just competed in the 50-kilometre walk at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and had been taking cuttings from local newspaper reports into the early hours of September 5, 1972 at his Olympic Village apartment in Connollystrasse.

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