Christian Sprenger had an inauspicious start to life in the pool

Christian Sprenger had an inauspicious start to life in the pool

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The 28-year-old breaststroke king initially hated the water so much that he was kicked out of his private learn-to-swim lessons, given a full ร‚ยญrefund and told to look at other sports.

รขโ‚ฌล“I donรขโ‚ฌโ„ขt remember, I was very young รขโ‚ฌโ€ three or four รขโ‚ฌโ€ but the story goes it was a private learn-to-swim pool in someoneรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs backyard with an elderly lady and she took me in for one lesson and I refused to pretty much do anything she said,รขโ‚ฌย Sprenger said.

รขโ‚ฌล“I hated the water and I just screamed the whole time, ร‚ยญapparently.

รขโ‚ฌล“About halfway through the lesson the lady came to mum and said, รขโ‚ฌหœYou can have your money back. I just canรขโ‚ฌโ„ขt teach him. Itรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs not going to happen. You might have to try another sportรขโ‚ฌโ„ข.

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