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users had learnt to swim in
the Thames when people
couldn’t afford pools, and
they weren’t surprised by our
swims, but now there is a
more risk-averse culture.’
Around 2,000 people take
part annually in Human
Race’s swims on the Thames.
Competitors vary: ‘the
madcap open-water
swimmers do it for the hell of
it, anywhere, any time, any
place’, then there are general

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