Awww Alexander Dale Oen ♥ Lightening the mood a little, this gem came out of a SwimNews interview with him and Cameron Van Der Burgh: They’ve shared some close calls too when out ion the wild of the wave. “I was on a rubber tube, being towed by a boat, and an orca [killer whale] came flying out of the water about 10m away,” Van Der Burgh said describing one adventure the breaststroke aces shared. “It was close to us, and it was huge. I thought, ‘this is it’.” The competitive spirit in the pair lives on well beyond the pool, Van der Burgh topping the shark tale with another scary moment: in the Kruger Park with his family when he was 11, a baboon jumped in through the car window and sat next to him, baring its fangs in his face. “Its mouth was huge. I remember it opening Tupperware and eating licorice. My dad eventually chased it out the car.”

Awww Alexander Dale Oen ♥ Lightening the mood a little, this gem came out of a SwimNews interview with him and Cameron Van Der Burgh:

They’ve shared some close calls too when out ion the wild of the wave. “I was on a rubber tube, being towed by a boat, and an orca [killer whale] came flying out of the water about 10m away,” Van Der Burgh said describing one adventure the breaststroke aces shared. “It was close to us, and it was huge. I thought, ‘this is it’.” The competitive spirit in the pair lives on well beyond the pool, Van der Burgh topping the shark tale with another scary moment: in the Kruger Park with his family when he was 11, a baboon jumped in through the car window and sat next to him, baring its fangs in his face. “Its mouth was huge. I remember it opening Tupperware and eating licorice. My dad eventually chased it out the car.”

(Source: fuckyeahathletes)

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