Swimming: Ian Wilson wins 800m freestyle

Friday 10 January 1997 00:02 GMT

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Britain's Ian Wilson, who finished second in Wednesday's men's 400 metres freestyle, went one better yesterday to win the 800m freestyle by more than nine seconds from Jure Bucar of Slovenia at the World Cup short-course meeting in Peking.

WORLD CUP SHORT-COURSE SERIES (Peking): Men (selected): 800m freestyle: 1 I Wilson (GB) 7.55.04; 2 J Bucar (Sloven) 8.04.60; 3 Xie Xufeng (Ch) 8.10.18.

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