WINDSOR, England (AP) — The “Sculling Sloth” is back on the water.
Hamadou Djibo Issaka, the Niger rower who is competing at the London Olympics despite only having three months of experience in the sport, competed again Tuesday at Dorney Lake.
Issaka captivated the crowds two days ago with show-stopping turns in the heats and the repechage, when he crawled over the line out of breath to finish nearly two minutes behind the winners.
On Tuesday, he was competing in a lower qualification race. Again he placed last in his four-boat race and this time he was even slower, clocking 9 minutes, 7.99 seconds over 2,000 meters — 28 seconds slower than his repechage time.
