He had all the makings of an Olympic champion: talent, determination and an unwavering will to win. A fierce opponent—one of his pre-race rituals was to spew a mouthful of water into his competitor’s lane—he became one of Canada’s most prominent international swimming stars by the age of eighteen. He was also proudly patriotic, sporting a tattoo of the Canadian maple leaf on his chest.

TORONTO (CP) _ Production has started on a TV movie about the life of Olympic gold medallist Victor Davis.

Victor, which will be broadcast on CBC in March 2007, started shooting Monday in Toronto. It’s scheduled to wrap up Sept. 18.

Mark Lutz wrote the script and is also playing the swimmer, who was killed by a [...]