Ages and abilities ranged from those taking part for the first time to Swansea swimmer Tom Allen, who won today’s elite menรขโฌโขs race to cheers from the packed crowd.
After storming to victory in a time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, he told the Gazette: รขโฌลIรขโฌโขm pleased with my time.
รขโฌลOver all Iรขโฌโขm pleased with the swim. Iรขโฌโขve been out of form for a while so itรขโฌโขs nice. […]
American Christine Jennings, currently ranked fifth in the world, won the elite womenรขโฌโขs race this morning, saying the water was รขโฌลvery choppy and coldรขโฌย.
Organisers said the water temperature was 15.4 Celcius when the first swimmers set off.
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