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Sporting Witness: Harold Abrahams

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Harold Abrahams

29/09/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Harold Abrahams

The story of the British sprinter of the 1920s immortalised in Chariots Of Fire

The story of the British sprinter of the 1920s immortalised in the film, Chariots Of Fire.

In 1924, the British sprinter, Harold Abrahams, won the 100 metres at the Paris Olympics - a famous victory depicted in the film, Chariots of Fire. Simon Watts tells his story using interviews in the BBC archives.

(Photo: Harold Abrahams winning the 1924 Olympics. Credit: Getty Images)

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