ICE-COLD WATER BEATS AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER
VANCOUVER. John Barry, 35-year-old Melbourne athlete, lost to Harry Kovish, a Vancouver swimmer, in a New Year's Day swim in icy-cold English Bay, Vancouver. Barry lasted 22 minutes in the water, which was only 39 deg. Kovish stayed in the water 25 minutes. Twenty-five other people, including a nine-year-old girl, all members of the local Polar Bear Club, took part in the swim.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22872, 16 February 1949, Page 3
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68ICE-COLD WATER BEATS AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22872, 16 February 1949, Page 3
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