Sunday’s Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series is setting up to witness one of the most competitive 10km swims ever in the Eastern Cape as South African swimming legend and Olympic swimmer Natalie Du Toit goes head to head with friend and fellow Olympic Italian swimmer, Martina Grimaldi, a top 10 finisher at the 2008 Olympic Games and favourite for a podium finish at next year’s London Olympics.
The two Olympians are joined for Sundays 10km showdown by fellow Italian, Rachele Bruni, who placed 4th in this years 5km Shanghai World Championships as well as South Africa’s 25km Champion Tyron Venter and PE’s World Championship 10km swimmer Jessica Roux. A host of other local swimmers from around the country are also expected to attend the swim which kicks off at 9am on Sunday morning at Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay.
The swim forms part of the second round of the Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series which also includes Swim South Africa qualifying 5km and 3km open water swims and is one of the more successful swim series events around the country. Also featured during the action packed morning are two kids races, a fun and parent assisted bank-to-bank swim for youngsters 10 years and under at 10h30 and a 500m swim for kids 14 years and under at 10h35. The morning finishes off with a 1km swim which starts at 12h00 which features, inter alia, the swimmers from Zports’ Masakhane Future Stars who are being sponsored to attend the Cirrus Swim Series by Willard Batteries.
Online entries and further information is available on www.ecswim.co.za, with online entries closing at 12 noon on Friday and late entries (fees apply) being accepted on race morning.
