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The winner of the 1900 Paris Olympics 'Underwater 60m swimming event' who died in the First World War

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In the wonderful potpourri of stories that make up ‘The Extinguished Flame: Olympians killed in the Great War’ the author (and TV scriptwriter) Nigel McCrery tells the story of Charles Devendeville. At the 1900 Paris Olympics the Seine was used for all swimming events, including freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (butterfly didn’t yet exist)...

The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War by Nigel McCrery

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Nigel McCrery’s 'The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War' offers a fascinating and timely tribute to the athletes who represented their countries at the Olympic Games and later lost their lives during the First World War. On the one hand it’s like having a copy of the Guinness Book of Records 1920 as it records sporting achieve...

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