24 Heures La Tuque

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24 Heures La Tuque or the La Tuque 24 Hour Marathon Swim was a 24-hour 2-person professional marathon swimming relay held in the 1960s and 1970s.

24 Heures La Tuque was a non-stop relay with up to 20 two-person teams that ran from 3 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday. The race was staged in an egg-shaped Lac Louis (Lake Louie) in Quebec, Canada. The course was a one-third of a mile plus 11 feet that paralleled the shore so crowds of thousands cheered on the professional marathon swimmers day and night.

Some of the greatest marathon swimmers of that era competed in the race including John Kinsella, Paul Asmuth, Sandra Bucha, Bill Heiss, Gilles Potvin, James Kegley, Nabil El Shazly, Abdul Latif Abou Heif, and Rejean LaCoursiere.

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• Round And Round They Swam 24 Hours In 15°C
• 24 Heures La Tuque in Cold Water
• Sister Swims Around The World
• O Canada!
• Sandra Bucha Stands Out And Stands Tall
• Sandra Bucha, A Cog In The Machine In 1974
• Doing The Full Monty In The Open Water Day And Night
• A 24-hour Race in 15°C (60°F) Water
• Swimming In A Crater Lake With A Carbon-Neutral Escort
• Gilles Potvin Still Passionate 71 Years Into It
• Nabil El Shazly Leaves A Wide Wake In The Water