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. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by alexjpg t3_zxzgc3 on December 29, 2022 at 7:45 AM in todayilearned 30 comments 324
halfcrazyhippo t1_j23zphk wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:25 PM Reminds me of Keri Strug, the gymnast who vaulted on a broken ankle in 1996 to win the team gold. Permalink 3 [deleted] t1_j249iby wrote on December 29, 2022 at 3:36 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 2
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