TIL on 1924, for the Olympic Games, BRitish athlete Eric Liddell refused to run the 100 metres since it was set on Sunday, instead choosing to run the 400 metres theguardian.com Submitted by Johannes_P t3_123omw2 on March 27, 2023 at 2:33 PM in todayilearned 10 comments 72
A_Fartful_Dodger t1_jdwm3f9 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:55 PM Now why would he do that? Back then it was amateurs so it wasn’t “work.” 🤣 Permalink −3−
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