Ryan Lochte Announces first ‘Race the Legends’ Event in Egypt

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Ryan Lochte who recently partnered with The Global Swim Series (GSS) to try and help grow the sport of swimming around the world has announced that the first “Race The Legends” (RTL) event will be held in Egypt from Oct 30 – Nov 4, 2021.

This new format will allow swimmers from all over the world to participate in Virtual and In-person Races with many of the greatest swimmers of all time in select GSS open water race locations around the globe.

Ryan Lochte wasted no time after the US Olympic Trials held just last week to move ahead with his stated goal at the Olympic Trials Press Conference of trying to help grow the sport of swimming around the world.

To that end, Ryan Lochte and several other GSS Legends (soon to be announced) will be competing at the Pharaoh’s Swim / GSS Egyptian Championships.  For Lochte and the other Legends this will be a fun-in-the-sun type of race after years of competing at the highest levels of the sport.

For passionate swimmers travelling from all over the world for the event, it will be an opportunity to compete in a variety of open water distances in one of the most spectacular swimming locations anywhere, while also racing the Legends.

Swimmers who accumulate enough GSS Points will also be eligible for prizes, including autographed merchandise, meeting the Legends in person, and even a group dinner with the Legends, for the highest GSS Point earners.

In an effort to grow Egyptian sports tourism the GSS and local partner, Stroke For Egypt (SFE), have also negotiated free accommodations for the 5 days of the event at the magnificent, 6-star, Baron Palace Resort for the first 250 swimmers.

The Pharaoh’s Swim is a mass participation, open water race that will be held in the luxury resort town of Sahl Hasheesh on the shores of the Red Sea.  The Red Sea is well known for some of the best scuba, snorkeling and now open water races available on any continent.

CEO & Founder of the Global Swim Series, Robert Kent said: “We think that Egypt is the perfect exotic spot to kick off the first “Race The Legends” event.  The history of Egypt is so incredible, and we want to make history by hosting the first Race The Legends there.  There is no other sport in the world where an average participant can directly compete with Legends of the sport, so we expect swimmers to love this format.”

ABOUT GSS:  The Global Swim Series was founded in 2015 and has become the largest swim series in the world.  The goal of the GSS is to promote and grow swimming around the world.  This is done by offering a fun, healthy, competitive, and adventurous race experience for swimmers of all ages and abilities.  Prior to 2020 the GSS had 200+ open water races, in 35+ countries, with 100,000+ participants.  The GSS is a privately owned company with offices in Toronto, Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

ABOUT RYAN LOCHTE: Ryan is a true Legend in the sport of swimming.  The second most Olympic medals of all time, with 12 medals, including 6 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze, as well as 91 medals in major international competitions, multiple world records and multiple Swimmer of the Year awards.

— The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Global Swim Series. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com.

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Owen Kuyper
Owen Kuyper
2 years ago

This is such an exciting concept – the greats of the sport bringing an event of this nature to so many people can only increase interest in “our sport” around the world. Good luck – I will follow the project with much enthusiasm and excitement. ?

Dawn Fraser AC.MBE.OLY
Dawn Fraser AC.MBE.OLY
2 years ago

Congratulations to GSS I am glad that the Sport of Swimming is going into this great and exciting programme. I am afraid that I will not be contesting the event ha ha but will be watching it with great interest
What a shame that it has taken so long.
FINA take a good look at the young people of this sport and what they are doing to improve the sport for the younger generation
Keep up the good work Ryan

Larry Kreel
Larry Kreel
2 years ago

The Real Dawn Fraser!! OMG 🙂

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