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Podcast: Inside with Brett Hawke
Episode: #238 Keri-anne Payne on her career and passion for open water swimming
Description: Keri-anne Payne is a 3x British Olympian. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she won the silver medal in the 10k. She went on to win back-to-back World Championships in 2009 and 2010 in the same event.
Defending her Olympic title at her home Olympics in 2012, Keri-anne made a rookie mistake and wound up touching 4th by just a few fractions of a second. While devastating, it is also the swim that she hears the most about from fans.
"I started swimming open water because I watched you in that race."
It's the race she is...