TAKEN AT HIS WORD
There was an air of lightheadedness about the New Zealand swimming team after John Coutts’s bronze medal swim in the 200 m butterfly. The section manager, Mr David Gerrard, had said before the race “If John wins a medal you can do what you like with me.” Some team members took the meaning literally, and tossed their manager into the pool.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33445, 29 January 1974, Page 7
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