CANADIAN SWIMMING.
Excitement in Fifteen Miles
Exhibition.
COMPETITOR UNCONSCIOUS
(Received 2 p.m.)
TORONTO, August 31
George Blagden (Memphietenn), a lawyer, won the 15-miles Canadian national exhibition swim. Gianni Gambi (Italy) was second, and Isadore Spondor (Port Colborne, Ontario) third.
George Young, last year's winner, was almost drowned when he bumped into a buoy while in fifth position at the half distance. He sank, but other swimmers dived and brought him up unconscious. He recovered after being taken to hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 207, 1 September 1932, Page 7
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