Like her Australian national teammate Rhys Mainstone, Queensland’s Melissa Gorman won the State La Grande Swim in Akaroa at the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. But unlike Mainstone and his tight race with Kane Radford, Gorman clearly dominated the women’s race. The former 5 km world champion and double Commonwealth Games medalist started off slowly after
Down Under, there is no one more accomplished in the competitive open water world than 2-time Olympian Melissa Gorman. She will compete in Saturday's State La Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand. There’ll also be much interest in the women’s race with the first appearance of the summer of former world 5 km champion Gorman. The 28-year-old Australian and
Melissa Gorman once again proved her world-class status over the 10K distance with a scintillating performance at the 2012 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships in Perth. One of the leading contenders for a podium finish in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km at the 2012 London Olympics, Melissa was pushed by Japan's Yumi Kida who, in her own right,
