Dakar-Gorée Swim

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The Dakar-Gorée Swim (French: Traversée Dakar-Gorée) is an annual open water swimming event between the beach of Dakar and Gorée island.[1] The competition is split into a 4500 m race for amateurs and a 5200 m course.[2] The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 epidemic.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Haque, Nicolas. "Hundreds swim to former Senegal slave island in annual race". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  2. ^ "La traversée Dakar-Gorée : 600 nageurs pour la 32è édition". Africa Top Sports (in French). 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. ^ "Officiel - La Traversée Dakar-Gorée annulée ! - Natation". wiwsport (in French). 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-05.