NZ swimmer wins bronze
Swimmer Michael Lynch claimed New Zealand’s second medla of the World Games for the Deaf when he took the bronze in the 100m butterfly.
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Taonga source:
Christchurch Star
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1989-056
Bibliographic source:
Christchurch Star, 12 January 1989, p.14
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