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Team GB star thought he lost his eye in freak accident during Olympics marathon swim
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A Team GB star thought that he lost his eye in a freak accident during the Tokyo marathon swim.Long distance swimmer Hector Pardoe's hopes of Olympic glory was brought to an end with two kilometres still to race.He begged lifeguards around the event to check his right eye because he could not see out of it - leaving him fearing the worst.Pardoe later showed off the damage on camera and was left with a significant black eye, horrendously bloodshot pupil and cuts around the eyelid.He told the BBC: “On the last lap, I took an elbow to the face - I thought I had lost the eye.
