Why is Mussambani respected by the world?

When it comes to the Olympic Games, generally speaking, what everyone admires more are those athletes with outstanding achievements. However, in the history of the Olympic Games, there is one swimmer who is "the slowest ever" and has won the respect of many people. What's going on? The athlete named Eric Musambani comes from the African country of Equatorial Guinea. At that time, Mussambani didn’t even know what the “Olympics” was.

But in order to participate, he kept learning about the Olympic Games. Next, he started his own training. After three months of training in the only 12-meter swimming pool, the Ulrica Hotel in the capital Malabo, he soon ushered in his Olympic journey. However, at this time, an error occurred. Musambani had been practicing the 50-meter freestyle, but he never expected that he actually reported the wrong name for the competition. At this time he was participating in the 100-meter freestyle! He had never even seen a decent 50-meter swimming pool.

But on the day of the competition, Musambani was lucky - there were only three athletes in his group, and the other two jumped. So he only had to swim 100 meters to advance to the next round. Moussa Nabani also performed quite well in the first half: he completed the first 50 meters in 40.97 seconds and even successfully completed a turn, kick and turn. So far, it's really like a professional swimmer. However, in the second 50 meters, it was almost a struggle trying to finish the race. Swimming does use up a lot of energy.

Musambani had only trained in the 50-meter freestyle before, and it was difficult for him to cope with the 100-meter freestyle. Fortunately, he swam down with his indomitable spirit and set the slowest men's 100-meter freestyle record in Olympic history with a time of 1 minute, 52.72 seconds. Although overall the results were not ideal, they still received applause from everyone. Everyone was moved by his tenacious fighting and perseverance spirit, which is the true embodiment of the Olympic spirit. Musambani’s story embodies the spirit and power of sport. After this competition, sports in Equatorial Guinea have received more attention and development.

To sum up, it can be understood that Musambani has also brought the Olympic spirit to the extreme, which is also the main reason for winning the respect of the audience.