Eric the Eel, electric as ever! 20 years ago, a swimmer called Moussambani from Equatorial Guinea was thrown in at the deep end in Sydney - now he tells his amazing Olympic story
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Eric the Eel, electric as ever! 20 years ago, a swimmer called Moussambani from Equatorial Guinea was thrown in at the deep end in Sydney - now he tells his amazing Olympic story
EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: 'Open water swimming is an event I would like to compete in,' is the surprising admission from the man known the world over as Eric the Eel.
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