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My goggle snapped off and I couldn\u2019t see a thing. It swelled up and I didn&#8217;t realise how bad it was &#8211;\u00a0 it was all blurry my eye I lost my goggles and my race was over<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn\u2019t see initially- when you get hit it goes all blurry and I was waiting for it (his sight) to come back and then the goggles were gone.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utterly brutal \u2026 Great Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hector_pardoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hector_pardoe<\/a> had to withdraw from the men\u2019s Olympic Marathon Swim (10k Open Water) very close to the end after receiving a forearm smash to the eye socket!  Nasty \u2026 especially considering he had swimming goggles on! Great effort up \u2018til then! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ODAh0LZab\">pic.twitter.com\/3ODAh0LZab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Jameson (@Andyjamesonswim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andyjamesonswim\/status\/1423065247582130176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Picture courtesy: Andy Jameson twitter<\/p>\n<p>It was a shuddering Games bow for Pardoe who left England for France and Montpellier where he is coached by Philippe Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>Unable initially to speak the language and with Covid restrictions meaning he was unable to travel home to see family and friends or them to him, it further forged a strong character.<\/p>\n<p>There was regret that he was unable to complete the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve never not finished a 10km before, so yeah it\u2019s really disappointing it\u2019s in the Olympics, the biggest stage of them all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been progressing through every race this year and thought I had a good chance of doing something good here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI obviously saw from the start it was such a fast pace and I was towards the back, but I tried to calm down and bring it back and secure a top-10 or 12 finish. 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