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DANISH GIRL DIVER INJURED Miss Asta Aggerholt, one of this blonde Danish girls taking part’in the England v. Denmark swimming and diving contests at Wembley on August 19, struck her head on the springboard as she dived. She fell flat on the Surface of the pool and sank. For two or three seconds she could be seen floundering helplessly in the water. Then she rose to the surface and struggled to the side of the pool, where attendants helped her out and carried her to her dressing room, A doctor treated her for a severe scalp wound. The event was won by Betty Slade, the English girl having a walk-over after the mishap, but critics thought she would have won in any case, says our London correspondent.
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Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 4
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129STRUCK BOARD Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 4
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