During heat 1 of the 100-meter freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea gained some bit of fame when he swam the entire heat by himself when his 2 other opponents were eliminated due to false starts.
Eric comes from a country with no Olympic-sized swimming pool. Although his time was disappointing for the sport (athletes in the 200-meter race can swim it faster than he swam the 100-meter), Eric managed to swim the entire race in 1 minute and 52.72 seconds which earned him a personal best and the quickest Equatorial Guinea time ever. Whoo!
Thanks for this Flo!
aww =T
This is no competition anymore. :|
that was kinda sad to watch.
those ppl laughing in the background are messed up
i felt so bad for him but at the same time, i couldn’t stop laughing….
ERIC THE EEL!!!
the Aussie Media gave him that named and it stuck, after all the media coverage including his back story everyone in Oz fell in love with him
he was probably the only athlete from the country to compete so he deserves some commentation