TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - When athletes of Tokyo 2020's marathon swimming race plunged into the water at Odaiba Marine Park on Thursday, their minds would have been set on closing the race with good results.
But Briton Hector Thomas Cheal Pardoe had to deal with the ordeal of an open water swim as he got elbowed in the eye in the closing lap of the race. He sustained a cut and lost his goggles, which forced him to withdraw.
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