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50 stunning Olympic moments No38: Don Thompson takes walking gold | Simon Burton

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 (on June 12, 2012)
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Briton won the 50km walk gold medal at the 1960 Olympics by acclimatising for Rome's heat in a tiny, steam-filled bathroom

As is so often the case, Don Thompson discovered his calling by accident...


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