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It was a tough go for Holly O’Leary, a Bermudian in Canada who swam a gruelling eight hours and 16.5km in support of a charity for children — but she made it. “If I can do it, so can you,” Ms O’Leary told The Royal Gazette. “I’d love to see something...

Lisa Blackburn was thrilled with her medal-laden performance at last weekend’s US Masters Swimming Summer National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. Blackburn, who represented the Island at last month’s Pan Am Games in Toronto, claimed gold medals in...

When AJ Darby heard cries of help coming from the waters off Grape Bay, he instinctively leapt in the water to help. Now, the 18-year-old is being credited with saving the life of a Canadian visitor, who had found herself fighting a strong current du...

A Bermudian in Canada has undertaken an arduous swim of around 15km to support a children’s charity — and to demonstrate that anybody can do it. The swim, organised by the group Give to Live, is “a challenge for ordinary people to do extraordinary t...

Emma Harvey put the finishing touches to what has been an amazing season at last week’s Canadian Age Group Championships in Quebec. She claimed two of the three medals won by Bermuda swimmers and set three personal bests. Harvey captured the bronze i...

Julian Fletcher is still striving for an Olympic qualifying time after a below-par performance at the World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia. Fletcher, who competed at last month’s Pan Am Games in Toronto, finished 52nd out of 76 swimmers in t...

Jesse Washington made history after becoming the first Bermuda swimmer to win a gold medal at the Canadian Age Group Championships in Quebec. He won the boys’ 16 and under 200 metres freestyle in a time of 1min 55.41sec, setting a personal best and B...

Julian Fletcher believes the disappointment with his performance at the Pan Am Games will spur him on as he looks to achieve his goal of qualifying for the Rio Olympics. Fletcher had hoped to achieve the B standard for next year’s Olympics, but was...

Lisa Blackburn hopes there will be one final chapter to her inspirational swimming story after closing the book on her Pan Am Games career in Toronto. At 44-years-old, Blackburn, a three-times Pan Am Games athlete, knows only too well that time is ru...

Julian Fletcher and Lisa Blackburn have both qualified for tonight’s 100 metres breaststroke B finals at the Pan Am Games. Fletcher, 24, placed fifth in his heat in a time of 1min 03.87sec to finish fourteenth overall. Blackburn, a three-times Pan Am...

Julian Fletcher swam his third fastest time in the 200 metres breaststroke in the Pan Am Games heats at the Aquatics Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough yesterday. Fletcher, who carried Bermuda’s flag in the opening Ceremony at the Rogers...

Never in Lisa Blackburn’s wildest dreams did she imagine to still be competing in the Pan Am Games 12 years after winning multiple medals in her debut competition. Wearing the colours of Canada, where she was raised, the Bermudian-born swimmer scoope...