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Olympic Feelgood. Equatorial Guinea Swims Alone For The Win watch!

doubleviking.com — A great Olympic warm-up. This took place during the 2000 Sydney qualifying rounds. The swimmer is from Equatorial Guinea and he is a FORCE!

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 29, 2008

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  • LegendaryHitman, on 07/28/2008, -0/+30I don't know whether to feel bad for the guy or cheer him on...?
    You know he got killed in the next heat...but I guess he made a name for himself...
  • inactive, on 07/28/2008, -0/+27the announcers don't hold back at all

    "i guess there are no swimming pools in Equatorial Guinea"
  • iamronburgundy, on 07/28/2008, -0/+22This is probably the most press Equatorial New Guinea ever received!
  • kp2575, on 07/29/2008, -0/+16So you are saying if I move to Equatorial New Guinea I have a better than average chance of making their Olympic team?
  • zombieball, on 07/29/2008, -0/+14"Eric Moussambani (born May 31, 1978) is a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea.
    Before coming to the Olympics, Moussambani had never seen a 50m pool. He took up swimming only 8 months before the Olympics and had practiced in a mere 20m pool at a hotel in Malabo."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani
  • keyshark, on 07/29/2008, -0/+13Equatorial New Guinea is only sending 1 athlete to Beijing (it's in judo)...at least they are competing.
  • TWallaceWD, on 07/29/2008, -3/+15Can someone post some info about this guy from Wikipedia? I'm clueless as to when he was born, when he first started swimming and if he'd ever seen a 50m pool before.
  • shagmin, on 07/29/2008, -0/+6Here you go

    "Eric Moussambani (born May 31, 1978) is a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea.
    Before coming to the Olympics, Moussambani had never seen a 50m pool. He took up swimming only 8 months before the Olympics and had practiced in a mere 20m pool at a hotel in Malabo."

    -from Wikipedia
  • wannapiece, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4Mirror: http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/ca ...
  • inactive, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4I thought this was about a guinea pig from the Equator who gets in the swimming pool along with other swimmers.
  • psevium, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4Suck? He's the Equatorial Guinea 100m freestyle record holder!
  • nightowl313, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4K, that's pretty funny. Bad natured, sure, but funny nonetheless.
  • KingEmperor24, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4A decent time would be under 1:20, which is roughly equivalent to a 1:10 in a 25 yard pool (standard in US). For competitive swimmers a decent time is 59 seconds.
  • alex7575, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Now, a question for the amateur swimmers out there:

    What's an average time for 100m, were you can tell that the guy's a pretty good swimmer (not a competitor), and not a weekend dipper?
  • inactive, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4I'm not a strong swimmer myself so I felt for the guy
  • inactive, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4No. They don't have an olympic team, they have an olympic guy, it's an IOC program to help these countries participate.

    The guy you see in this video had never even swam in a pool that long.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/swimm ...
  • htkc, on 07/29/2008, -2/+4From his Wikipedia article: Moussambani gained entry to the Olympics without meeting the minimum qualification requirements via a wildcard draw designed to encourage developing countries without expensive training facilities to participate. While Pieter van den Hoogenband set a world record of 47.84 seconds to win the gold medal, Moussambani splashed his way to the finish to the cheers of the crowd in slightly more than twice that time. "The last 15 meters were very difficult," Moussambani said. Before coming to the Olympics, Moussambani had never seen a 50m pool. He took up swimming only 8 months before the Olympics and had practiced in a mere 20m pool at a hotel in Malabo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani
  • rectagon, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2http://www.doubleviking.com/videos/page0.html/most ...
  • cvelusc, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Cheer! He possibly broke his nation's previous record for the event.
  • metateck, on 07/29/2008, -1/+3If you had read the article you posted, you would know that it is an 11 person team, including one female.
  • HenvY, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Yay, Eric the Eel!
  • Tredici, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2His personal best is now under 57 seconds.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani
  • alex7575, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Damn, the dude DID suck...

    Hey, he was in the Olympic games as a participant, unless they open a new category for spit bubble blowing, I got no chance of even dreaming of competing...

    Thanks King
  • ejhdigdug, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1Dugg down for Double Viking's Spam website
  • matt247, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2"Before coming to the Olympics, Moussambani had never seen a 50m pool. He took up swimming only 8 months before the Olympics and had practiced in a mere 20m pool at a hotel in Malabo."
    "Moussambani was denied entry into the 2004 Olympic Games due to a visa bungle, despite the vast improvement in his swimming over the previous four years, with his personal best down to under 57 seconds. Nor will he be taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics."
    -Wikipedia
  • das897, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1it's equatorial guinea, not equatorial new guinea, my geographically challenged friends.
  • yogiincork, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1what moderators???
  • swiftsam, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1time for a mirror, couldn't find a match on youtube
  • bonjourmr, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Eric the Eel is what we called him here in Aus.!
  • ZiggityZhang, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1I bet he found some new sponsors after this race.
  • Elliuotatar, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1The above is a spam site.
  • sitykat, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1You'd be half of the olympic team and the coach.
  • LastAXEL, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1give him a break..

    I read about this along time ago...

    The country is poor as *****. He couldn't even get proper swim-wear and and brand-name goggles.

  • ycohain, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1terrible title. this isn't a feelgood story. it's a wow even I'm better than that "olympian" story.
  • tumbaba, on 07/29/2008, -0/+0I'm so geographically challenged I thought this was a racist article about someone on the Italian swim team competing near the equator.
  • themadhatter444, on 07/29/2008, -2/+1Dugg for "For the win."
  • EIEAviv2008, on 07/28/2008, -12/+4Buried for making a mockery of an athlete who gave it his all, only to have the world laugh at his effort.

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