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Christopher Bryan wins 13th Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab Swim

Christopher Bryan wins 13th Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab Swim

31/3/2017

Christopher Bryan won the Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab Swim part of Global Swim Series, the world’s largest series of open water swim races globally, with a time of 23 minutes and 41 seconds. Kayleigh Dawson from Great Britain won the women’s 1600 m category in 25m52s.

Nearly 450 swimmers participated in the 13th edition raising AED 160,000 for Al Jalila Foundation’s Obesity Research Fund, marking the 2017 Year of Giving.

The 2017 Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab Swim winners are:

Race

Rank

Name

Nationality

Finish Time

1600

Female

1

Kayleigh Dawson

GBR

00:25:52

1600

Female

2

Yasmine Alameddine

CAN

00:27:05

1600

Female

3

Jasmin Djaf

GER

00:27:09

1600

Male

1

Christopher Bryan

IRL

00:23:41

1600

Male

2

Thomas Dalgarno

GBR

00:24:09

1600

Male

3

Omar Al Hammadi

UAE

00:24:16

800

Female

1

Saskia Warren

GBR

00:18:38

800

Female

2

Desley McBurnie

AUS

00:21:37

800

Female

3

Keziah Cloete

RSA

00:21:48

800

Male

1

Muhammed Al Muhairi

UAE

00:16:47

800

Male

2

Emilio Carrillo

ESP

00:17:47

800

Male

3

Jamal Suwaidi

UAE

00:18:42

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