00:00As soon as they launched off the blocks, he was already falling behind, and his grandparents,
00:04who were watching the live broadcast on the TV, started getting nervous.
00:08Hello, boy. Here's what this guy.
00:09Perhaps it shouldn't have been a surprise. After breaking his wrist and tearing the ligaments in
00:14his ankle a year earlier, and still struggling with a heart condition after an unsuccessful
00:18heart surgery, Kyle Chalmers was just happy to be at the Olympics. And with all the media
00:23attention on his teammate and favourite to win, Cameron McAvoy, barely anyone even knew Kyle's
00:28name. But for his grandparents, Julie and Malcolm, watching Kyle on a TV in his home city of
00:33Radelaide, Australia, whether he was going to win or not, he was the only name in the pool
00:38who mattered. But in the final 25 metres, Kyle started catching up, and as the race came down
00:44to its final moments, Julie and Malcolm held their breath and watched as their grandson became
00:49an Olympic champion.
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