I hope you noticed it said Athens 2004. It is not Beijing.
Actually it was Sydney.
And if memory serves, being the only swimmer (or was it the only Olympian) from his country, he did not have to meet any qualifying times.
Again, I seem to remember reading afterwards that the other two swimmers had -somehow- agreed to get themselves disqualified so as to let Moussambani swim his race on his own and win it.
It was funny and touching (and I kept hoping that his final time would not be faster than me; me, now, of course.)
I hope you noticed it said Athens 2004. It is not Beijing.
Actually it was Sydney.
And if memory serves, being the only swimmer (or was it the only Olympian) from his country, he did not have to meet any qualifying times.
Again, I seem to remember reading afterwards that the other two swimmers had -somehow- agreed to get themselves disqualified so as to let Moussambani swim his race on his own and win it.
It was funny and touching (and I kept hoping that his final time would not be faster than me; me, now, of course.)
