Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford finished 19th in the men's Olympic 10km open water marathon early this morning (NZT).
But he can't help wondering what might have been.
Radford, New Zealand's first Olympic open water competitor, swam the race in 1hr 53m 18s and was only 19 seconds behind winner Ferry Weertman from the Netherlands.
It was an agonising build up to the Olympics for the former John Paul College student who only had his place in the New Zealand Olympic team confirmed after having to appeal to the Sports Tribunal against Swimming New Zealand's initial non-nomination.
"I think at the end of the day I'm not exactly happy with my result - but I feel like I am walking away from this race feeling 100 per cent within myself," he said.