Confident Olympic bronze medallist Steve Parry is promising to ‘take care’ of Olympic silver medallist Keri-Anne Payne when they face off at a fun Manchester swimming challenge.
The unprecedented event at Manchester Aquatics Centre on Saturday September 21 is to encourage people to take up swimming to improve their physical health.
It involves teams of four swimming the first leg of either a 1 kilometre or 500 metre race alongside these Olympians.
Parry believes that there is a swimming Olympic legacy underway that will be sustained over the long-term.
“There is 2.5million more people participating in swimming than before the Olympic Games,” he said.
Sponsor British Gas SwimBritain’s goal is to have 500,000 more people swimming regularly by 2015 and SwimBritain registrants will be offered four free coaching sessions to use in over UK 150 pools.
Parry said: “British Gas SwimBritain is unique. It has never been done before getting friends, family together swim as fast as possible for 1,000 metres.
“I think it is something that families will really enjoy as it does have a competitive element to it.
“We cannot wait for government investment. We need more FTSE 100 companies like British Gas putting time and energy to invest in sports and that will be our Olympic legacy.”
For more information on British Gas SwimBritain Manchester, go to www. swimbritain.co.uk/signup
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