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Kelly Gneiting Steps Up Big Time
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Steven Munatones 11/29/2015 No Comment

Kelly Gneiting Steps Up Big Time Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is no more unlikely marathon swimmer than sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting. Not only did he struggle - but succeed - with his 22-mile (35.4 km) solo swim across Navajo Lake from New Mexico to Colorado in 22 hours 46 minutes, but he also faced - and overcome - obstacles to

Kelly Gneiting, Sumo Swimmer Extraordinaire
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Steven Munatones 07/03/2014 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the open water swimming world, one can always expect the unexpected. The same holds true for Kelly Gneiting of Rexburg, Idaho. Gneiting, known as the Man of Fat Steel, is not your average athlete and certainly far removed from your average swimmer. The Idaho native is a tall, husky 430-pound (195 kg)