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Tight finish to Cheltenham Swim
Dip on line decides rivals’ Cheltenham Swim battle
Ocean swimmers Alex Dunkley and Larn Hamblyn-Ough had two photo finishes in races during the same week.
Hamblyn-Ough pipped Dunkley in the season-opening 2 km race at the Takapuna Beach Series on Tuesday. But on Saturday, Dunkley dipped on the finish line to beat his rival by the narrowest of margins in the 2.4 km Cheltenham Swim.
Asked if they were swimming mates, Dunkley said: “It’s more like we are battling partners... there’s nothing between us.”
The pair matched each other stroke for stroke on a course that started at Narrow Neck and ended with two lengths of Cheltenham Beach and a dash up the sand to the finish line. Dunkley clocked 23min 27sec.
Lena Hamblyn-Ough was first female home and third overall in a time of 25.40.
Devonport Swim Club organised the race, which was completed by 123 competitors.
Keeping it close... (clockwise from right) Cheltenham Swim winner Alex Dunkley (right) with runnerup Larn Hamblyn-Ough; their tight finish; and women’s winner Lena Hamblyn-Ough
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