Ryan Lochte who recently partnered
with The Global Swim Series (GSS) to try and help grow the sport of swimming
around the world has announced that the first “Race The Legends” (RTL) event
will be held in Egypt from Oct 30 – Nov 4, 2021.
This new format will allow swimmers
from all over the world to participate in Virtual and In-person Races with many
of the greatest swimmers of all time in select GSS open water race locations
around the globe.
Lochte wasted no time after the US
Olympic Trials held just last week to move ahead with his stated goal at the
Olympic Trials Press Conference of trying to help grow the sport of swimming
around the world.
To that end, Ryan and several other
GSS Legends (soon to be announced) will be competing at the Pharaoh’s Swim /
GSS Egyptian Championships. For Lochte
and the other Legends this will be a fun-in-the-sun type of race after years of
competing at the highest levels of the sport.
For passionate swimmers travelling
from all over the world for the event, it will be an opportunity to compete in
a variety of open water distances in one of the most spectacular swimming
locations anywhere, while also racing the Legends.
Swimmers who accumulate enough GSS
Points will also be eligible for prizes, including autographed merchandise,
meeting the Legends in person, and even a group dinner with the Legends, for
the highest GSS Point earners.
In an effort to grow Egyptian sports
tourism the GSS and local partner, Stroke For Egypt (SFE), have also negotiated
free accommodations for the 5 days of the event at the magnificent, 6-star,
Baron Palace Resort for the first 250 swimmers.
The Pharaoh’s Swim is a mass
participation, open water race that will be held in the luxury resort town of
Sahl Hasheesh on the shores of the Red Sea.
The Red Sea is well known for some of the best scuba, snorkeling and now
open water races available on any continent.
CEO & Founder of the Global Swim
Series, Robert Kent said: “We think that Egypt is the perfect exotic spot to
kick off the first “Race The Legends” event.
The history of Egypt is so incredible, and we want to make history by
hosting the first Race The Legends there.
There is no other sport in the world where an average participant can
directly compete with Legends of the sport, so we expect swimmers to love this
format.”
ABOUT GSS: The Global Swim Series was founded in 2015
and has become the largest swim series in the world. The goal of the GSS is to promote and grow
swimming around the world. This is done
by offering a fun, healthy, competitive, and adventurous race experience for
swimmers of all ages and abilities.
Prior to 2020 the GSS had 200+ open water races, in 35+ countries, with
100,000+ participants. The GSS is a
privately owned company with offices in Toronto, Canada and Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
ABOUT RYAN LOCHTE: Ryan is a true
Legend in the sport of swimming. The
second most Olympic medals of all time, with 12 medals, including 6 gold, 3
silver, 3 bronze, as well as 91 medals in major international competitions,
multiple world records and multiple Swimmer of the Year awards.
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