Our open water swimmer Eric Hedlin left on Monday for FINA Open Water World Championships. He is swimming the Open Water Mixed 4x1500m relay event as well as the 5km open water race in Budapest. The relay is Sunday June 26th at 4:00am PST, and the 5km race is Monday June 27th at 12:00am our time. This will be the first World Championships since he won the Bronze in the 5km event in 2019.
Coach Ryan Clouston will be joining him in Budapest shortly. Afterwards, he will then head to Paris for a 10km Open Water World Cup at the 2024 Olympic Venue. Clouston has been chosen to join them as a coach as part of team Canada in Paris as well.