US Olympic Swimmer Eric Shanteau Has Testicular Cancer

Hell, didn’t stop Lance Armstrong, right? Yo Shanteau, keep it up man, you got serious balls for doing what you’re doing.

From AP:

ATLANTA (AP) — Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a devastating diagnosis: He has testicular cancer.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Shanteau said he learned just a week before the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., that he had cancer. His doctors cleared him to compete in that meet and he surprisingly made the team in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing second ahead of former world-record holder and heavy favorite Brendan Hansen.

Even though Shanteau’s doctors have advised him to have surgery now, he’s planning to put it off until after Beijing because he doesn’t want to disrupt his lifelong goal. The 24-year-old Georgia native will be monitored closely over the next month and vows to drop out of the Olympics if there’s any sign is cancer is spreading.

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