He only learned to row three months ago and yet there he was, competing in the Olympics in the grueling single sculls repechage. He slumped over the finish line, cheered on by the home crowd and with an announcer imploring: "You can do it!" Nobody cared that he was about 100 seconds behind the winner. Djibo Issaka is 35 and from Niger in west Africa. He received a wild card to the Olympics to "strengthen the principle of universal representation." — Steve Douglas — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80 ___ EDITOR'S NOTE — "Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the 2012 Olympic city and around the world. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item, and get even more AP updates from the Games here: http://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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Police surround part of a group of protesting cyclists who tried to block traffic with a mass cycle ride on a road outside the Olympic Park during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Alejandro Falla of Colombia returns to Roger Federer of Switzerland in a first round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Great Britain's Zara Phillips runs with her horse High Kingdom during horse inspection for the equestrian eventing competition at Greenwich Park, the site for the equestrian and modern pentathlon events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Australia's Daniel Noonan holds the roars as he waits for the start of a men's quadruple rowing sculls heat in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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