Former Olympic distance runner Edward Sequeira, popularly known as Eddie, only last year recovered from a cylinder blast that nearly took away both his legs. The 1972 Munich Olympian is now eagerly looking forward to following all the action from the London Games at home on hisu00a0television.

Sequeira recalled the incident that changed his life two years ago “I was at a friend's place in Goa and as he went into the kitchen to warm some food for the both of us, the cylinder exploded. Both of us were severely burnt and for three months thereafter I could not walk. Fortunately, after some prolonged treatment at Mumbai's Bhatia Hospital, I was able to stand on my feet again. I’ve had to undergo some extensive skin grafting on both my legs,” Sequeira told MiD DAY on the sidelines of the relaunch of Sportstar magazine at the Cricket Club of India’s CK Nayudu Hall yesterday.