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UNBELIEVABLE: Memory of chariots of fire hero liddell burns bright for daughter | History Defined

Patricia Russell, the eldest daughter of Eric Liddell, poses with photographs of her father (Credit: AFP)

Patricia Russell was only six when she said farewell to her father Eric Liddell for the final time but she retains fond memories of the athlete immortalised in the Oscar-winning film "Chariots of Fire".

Russell, a witty 88-year-old former nurse, was born long after her Scottish missionary father surged to 400 metres gold a century ago at the 1924 Paris Olympics, having famously refused to run his favoured 100m because the heats were on a Sunday.

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