“Eric The Eel” Won An Olympic Heat With The Slowest Time In The Field

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

Sometimes the Olympic athletes who don’t win are the ones who make big impressions. That includes swimmer Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea, who was a hit at the 2000 Summer Games despite finishing well behind the rest of the competitors in his event. Plus: Canadian high jumper Derek Drouin won a gold medal in 2016 when his doctors might have preferred that he rest at home!

African novice makes big splash (BBC)

Olympic high jump champion Derek Drouin competed in Rio with a double stress fracture in his back (National Post)

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