Think, damn you! Think!!” I told myself. My first decision was to climb as high as possible until the collector tank ran out, so as to give myself the full eight minutes of life that I had left.”

“They don’t need a trainer”, suggested my assistant Randy Reinhardt, “more like a corner man with a bucket and sponge”.

“I don’t know why the British judge cries” he said. “I spoke with all the judges. Sometimes, when it is necessary, I criticise them, but I do it within the rules.”