Chad Ho claims third victory

MORNINGSIDE resident Chad Ho claimed his hat-trick victory at the 5th annual Sanlam Cape Mile on Sunday. Ho sprinted to victory in an impressive time of 16 minutes 57 seconds.

“I tried to go out as hard as I could to get a bit of a gap, getting some clear water to get into my stroke properly. I wanted to have the lead by the first turn buoy. From there I just tried to maintain the stroke coming into the finish. I picked it up over the last 100m – 150m. Bringing in a bit of a kick, I kept my head down and sprinted towards the finish. I always knew that Danie was going to be tough competition. We’ve raced for many years. He got the better of me last week, this week I got the better of him. That’s the way competition goes and we’re still friends at the end of the day,” said Ho.

Winner of the inaugural event in 2015, Danie Marais (Clifton) came in second, while Chad Michau finished third. Meanwhile Carli Antonopoulos secured the top spot on the podium in the Elite Women’s race in a time of 18 minutes 30 seconds.

Defending women’s champion, Michelle Weber (Franschhoek) came in second, while Robyn Kinghorn finished third. The event boasted a whopping R170 000 prize purse. Prize money was allocated to the top 10 elite male and female swimmers, with the winners each taking home an impressive R30 000. A sum of R10 000 was also donated to the school that entered the most swimmers.

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