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Keppel’s first totally blind swimmer

Australian Paralympian Gerrard Gosens, becoming the first totally blind swimmer to circumnavigate 2km around Great Keppel Island. Picture: Supplied
By Shelby Gurney

For Australian Paralympian Gerrard Gosens, becoming the first totally blind swimmer to circumnavigate 2km around Great Keppel Island is just […]

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