Toughest Part Of Sport
The search for resolve
In the first of this five-part weekly series, assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath speaks to open-water swimmer Chantal Liew.
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Out in the open sea, half-submerged on a sweltering day, the finish line nowhere in sight, tiredness coming in waves, competitors clattering into her, the current tugging her in the wrong direction, there's no coach, no physio, no parent to help open-water swimmer Chantal Liew.
Out there, on this undulating sheet of water, she's alone. Ten kilometres to go and only one ally.
