Utterly brutal … Great Britain’s @hector_pardoe had to withdraw from the men’s Olympic Marathon Swim (10k Open Water) very close to the end after receiving a forearm smash to the eye socket! Nasty … especially considering he had swimming goggles on! Great effort up ‘til then! pic.twitter.com/3ODAh0LZab
Aug. 5, 2021
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Hector Pardoe's Olympic debut came to an abrupt end when a stray elbow hit him in the eye and he lost his goggles in the marathon swimming.
Utterly brutal … Great Britain’s @hector_pardoe had to withdraw from the men’s Olympic Marathon Swim (10k Open Water) very close to the end after receiving a forearm smash to the eye socket! Nasty … especially considering he had swimming goggles on! Great effort up ‘til then! pic.twitter.com/3ODAh0LZab
June 25, 2021
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Alice Dearing and Hector Pardoe will make their Olympic debuts in the marathon swimming at Tokyo 2020 after being confirmed on Team GB.
June 22, 2021
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It is a marathon swimming story of Olympic proportions which will now become an Olympic story of marathon proportions – one that Kai Edwards will savor for the rest of
June 20, 2021
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With his 10th place 10k open water finish in Portugal tonight, 37-year-old Ous Mellouli of Tunisia qualified for his 6th Olympic Games.
April 29, 2021
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The British Olympic team plus a further 12 swimmers have been selected to a 40-strong squad for the European Championships next month.
April 29, 2021
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On the heels of British Swimming announcing its initial Olympic roster, the organization has also just revealed the lineup for May's European Championships.