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Valiant Vicki launches bid for new swim record

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Valiant Vicki launches bid for new swim record

Date7/24/1991

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Keith, Vicki (subject)

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Valiant Vicki launches bid for new swim record. Marathon swimmer Vicki Keith swims strongly as she sets off from Niagara-on-the-lake today in her bid to be the first person ever to make a triple crossing of Lake Ontario. Pollution forced Keith, who holds 14 world marathon records, to give up her bid last summer.

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Long distance swimming

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059145F

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Queen of the lakes: Vicki Keith announces her retirement from marathon swimming yesterday at a Scarborough news conference

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