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Sunday Miscellany: Olympic Golds, by Mae Leonard

A young girl's Olympic dreams, aided by Tarzan (and her dad) - for Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Olympic Golds, by Mae Leonard above.

Johnny Weissmuller taught me how to swim.

I'm talking about Tarzan of the Apes, but I must give my father some credit too, he had a lot to do with it. After I had been rescued from drowning in the river beside our home in Limerick, dad set about teaching me how to swim...

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