Eric Shanteau heading home to fight cancer

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BEIJING -- Eric Shanteau, his bid to win a medal in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke finished, will head home to the United States to begin his fight against testicular cancer.

The diagnosis came in June, and doctors said that the cancer was not spreading. So Shanteau decided to continue with his pursuit of a spot on the U.S. Olympic swimming team.

‘Now, I’ve got a much bigger battle to win and I know I’m going to win that one,’ Shanteau told reporters in Beijing after finishing 10th in the semifinals, two places out of a spot to swim in the 200 breaststroke finals.

Read more about the remarkable 24-year-old swimmer.

-- Dan Loumena