In an extraordinary bid driven by grief and legacy, Adam Wilkie has quit his job to pursue a near-impossible goal: matching the iconic world record set by his father, David Wilkie, nearly 50 years ago.
The 33-year-old former marketing professional has stepped away from his career to train full-time for a year, aiming to replicate his father’s 200m breaststroke time of 2 minutes 15.11 seconds, set at the 1976 Olympics.
