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Daniel Wiffen quips ‘I’ll never do that again’ after completing bucket list dream in final Paris Olympics race [Video]

DANIEL WIFFEN is planning to party for three days after the best and worst experience of his life.

The 800m Olympic champion and 1500m bronze medallist entered this morning’s 10km open water swim with hopes of claiming a third medal of the Games.

Wiffen is happy open-water swimming is ticked off the bucket listCredit: AP
Friends Toby Robinson of Team Great Britain and Daniel Wiffen of Team Ireland embrace after completing the raceCredit: Getty

That seemed optimistic as he had never competed in this event before and so it proved with the Armagh man coming in 18th in a time of 1:57.20.

But, given what he had already achieved in the pool, there was no cause for regret after an eye-opening experience in the River Seine.

Wiffen said: “It’s the worst and best thing I’ve ever done in my life.

The reason why it was the worst is because it was the most painful …

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