The swimmer of the Great Britain team, Hector Pardoe, was forced to withdraw from his race after he accidentally hit his eye with his elbow. “In the last lap I got an elbow in the face, I thought I had lost my eye, I could not see anything.” Said Pardoe.
Doctors checked the swimmer and made sure everything was in order.German athlete Florian Wellbrock won the gold medal with a dominant performance.
Prior to the incident, the 20-year-old, who was making his Olympic debut, was running well and was very close to reaching the podium, but an eye injury forced the athlete to leave the race.
