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[Other Sport] David Wilkie - RIP









Baldseagull

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
11,164
Crawley
Supposedly, his coach was quizzed by a Russian swimming coach about Wilkies tache, the Russian thought it would be detrimental to his speed as a swimmer as it might cause more drag. Wilkies coach told him that they had found that it actually had the opposite effect and the tache reduced drag in the water, but a beard did create drag. Next season all the Russian swimmers had taches, and Wilkies coach was pissing himself as he had just made it all up.
 




Flounce

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Nov 15, 2006
2,086
Allegedly banned from his Virgin gym a few years ago for “swimming too fast”
 














WATFORD zero

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NSC Patron
Jul 10, 2003
26,328
When I was a kid I swam medley for sussex schools but breastroke was always my weakest

He made breastroke fashionable

RIP
 














Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
8,687
Brighton
Felt slightly sad when I heard this news. Initially thought he was from around the 90's or even 2000 Olympics as I knew the name so well. Surprised at his age and that is was 1976. We all are getting old.
 






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