A hilarious swimmer from Guinea in the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Eric "The Eel" Moussambani won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics when he swam the 100m freestyle in 1: 52.72 —so slow it was more than twice the time of his faster competitors, and outside of even the 200m world record

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Reminds me of Eddie the Eagle Edwards the british skijumper who competeted in the Olympics...

Here is a clip of Eddie on YT

written by maatc

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I remember seeing that clip during the Olympics; Moussambani didn't have a trainer, experience, or had even seen an Olympic-size pool before. He got in via a promotional program to encourage developing countries to participate.

written by firefly

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well, he treads water nicely

written by BillOreilly

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Ya spelled eel wrong, which is really impressive considering it looks like you copied the paragraph from wikipedia where it's spelled right.

I feel a little bad for the guy. It's not like he did this as a gag, he was just completely unprepared. Give him some credit for putting himself out there.

written by xxovercastxx