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World Service,10 mins

Bob Champion wins the National

Sporting Witness

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In 1981, Bob Champion won a fairytale victory in Britain's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National. Two years earlier, Champion had been diagnosed with cancer. He had survived the treatment by dreaming of a National win. Bob Champion recalls the race for Sporting Witness. PHOTO: BBC

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