Bart-MS t1_j23qtxy wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL of Dick Roth, a swimmer who was diagnosed with appendicitis shortly before the men’s 400m individual medley in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He refused an immediate operation and instead swam in the finals, winning a gold medal. by alexjpg
Of course he swam faster than ever before - he wanted to get the hell out of the pool and to the hospital!
_Haverford_ t1_j240quj wrote
"Ow, OW, ow...OW...ow!...ow!...OW"
"Oh shit, gold!"
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