GLOBALink | The "Flying Scotsman" -- from Paris Olympics Gold medalist to wartime hero in China -Xinhua

GLOBALink | The "Flying Scotsman" -- from Paris Olympics Gold medalist to wartime hero in China

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-09-12 10:57:21

To most Scots, the name "Eric Liddell" needs no introduction. Known as the "Flying Scotsman," his story has become part of national legend. Yet few realize that the Olympic champion who once stunned the world later spent much of his life in China, where he taught and preached, but finally died in a Japanese internment camp. #GLOBALink

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