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15 teams 250 swimmers 1 cause
Reporting right from Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre!
Michael Klim – Olympic Swimmer, Ambassador of Melbourne 24 Hour Mega Swim Captain of the celebrity team
"This is a very special event. Swimming for 24 hours can be a great challenge but the reward is doubled if all these can help MS patients. What we do in this 24 hours is nothing compared to the sufferings they are going through. We should all bear that in mind and well, do our best."
Michael just finished his part at 1pm
"To be honest, I haven't been swimming continuously for this long for a while and it was quite hypnotic. But it was great. I'm coming back tomorrow."
Jun Hasegawa (TRYBER LTD) – First Swimmer of "Heart of Japan"
"Something unexpected happened, but everything turned out good."
Jun swam 4.6km in 2 hours, non-stop!
Jun handed the baton to Skye
Support from fellow team members
Little Skye Wilson is just 9 years old and she is giving her best!
"I am so nervous, but the most important thing is to have fun."
Peter Tierney
"Just came back from Japan. Haven't been practicing but I'll do fine."
Carol Cooke – Founder of 24 Hour Mega Swim, elite athelete and hopeful 2012 Paralympian
Carol has been involved in the Mega Swim Event since 2001, initially in Fitzroy. She is adding more venues each year.
"With increased number of swimmers and donation this year, I think we are going to hit the target of $50000."
Tommy Little – Comedian appearing in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
"I don't swim quite well. It's true! I hope I just don't get drown and hopefully get some support from all of you."
Peter and Skye
Masahiko Iga, doing his last lap, first section
"Good luck, mate!"
Peter
Peter
"I have swum 4.7km today and I'll be back tomorrow."
Shungo Sawaki did 2.9km.
Joanne Wu – Finally a lady swimmer 🙂
Another lady swimmer – Candy Ng
Candy! Hand in there, just another 5 minutes to go!
Joanne
Joanne and Candy (pictured) did 3.4km all together
Bree-Arne, an MS patient herself received scholarship from Mega Swim is performing for everyone
It's 12:30am now and everyone's still giving their best.
Got to fuel up for a long battle
We can feel the love in the food made by our supporters!
Masahiko is swimming for another team, too!
"Ganbarou, Nippon!" The Yamato spirit is going touch your heart!
Go Masa!! He has been swimming for more than 5 hours in total now!
"You can do it! Ganbare-!"
The clock just struck 2, woohoo! These guys are still swimming hard in the pool!!
Takahiro Ueno had his warm up exercises by swimming 2.7km before the real thing! (seriously?!)
Many of us are really sleepy now at 4am… We can do this!
Taka is swimming for another team – MS Just Get Wet
The Melbourne 24 Hour Mega Squash event is taking place at that same time at MSAC
Good on you, guys!
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Before we noticed, it's 7am in the morning.
A quick brekky and Masa's ready to go again.
Masa finished his 8am section and…
insisted on making hearty sandwiches for everyone!
Thomas Carr, Reality TV star from "My Kitchen Rules", Seven Network, from the Celebrity Team
Jean-Luc Boulanger kept swimming at such a fast pace for an hour that everyone was amazed!
Free yoga class for tense muscles
Deep-muscle massage, too of course
Masa's awesome butterfly on his last lap
"I just want to thank everyone for all your support, your onigiri and snacks and drinks… just everything and everyone!"
(Masa commented after finishing 12 hours of MEGA SWIM)
Sam Bramham, paralympian from the celebrity team
Sam Bramham
Sam Bramham
D'Arcy Butler
D'Arcy Butler
Welcome back Skye!
30 minutes to go!
Takahiro Ueno is now doing his last section and we can't wait to see our cute little Skye to finish off for Heart of Japan!
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LAST LAP
GO GIRL—!!!
You made it! We are soooooo proud of you!!!
Great Effort, Heart of Japan!
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Results
2012 Melbourne Mega Swim winning team – Grumpy Muppets raised $7030
Top Fundraisers
Top Fundraiser, Richard Lubenski raised $4014
TOP TEAMS
1. Grumpy Muppets $7,030.00
2. Heart Of Japan $5,063.00
3. VIS $4,744.00
4. Lapping it up $4,119.00
5. Danis Little Helpers $4,001.00
TOP INDIVIDUALS
1. Richard Lubienski $4,015.00
2. Charlotte Peake $1,745.00
3. Hannah Macdougall $1,560.00
4. Mathew Helm $1,479.00
5. Evan Milne $1,410.00
Melbourne at MSAC (VIC) 21 – 22 Apr 2012
Target: $80,000.00
Raised: $9,104.00
Last update at 10pm on 22 Apr, 2012
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Masa and reporter from 3zzz radio
* A BIG THANK YOU to the kind-hearted lady with long black hair who made the Heart of Japan team delicious rice balls! You left in a haste and we didn't get the chance to talk to you, but we still want to share with the whole world your kindness!
STILL OPEN FOR DONATION!!
Every penny counts! Show us your support now! 🙂
Please visit: http://events.megaswim.com/?Heart+Of+Japan
Photos by sHue 🙂
