Swimming: Radford begins Canada campaign

MAKING A SPLASH: Rotorua's Kane Radford has performed well at his first Fina 10km Open Water World Cup event of the year.PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER A-151113SP1

Kane Radford finished 14th at his first Fina 10km Open Water World Cup event of the year.

The Rotorua open water swimmer will spend the next couple of weeks in Canada racing in world cup events.

The series features the best open water swimmers in the world.

Radford will compete in three races, the first of which was held yesterday at Lake Saint-Jean in Canada.

He finished 14th with a time of 1hr 59min 28.5sec, about 3min behind the winner Andreas Waschburger from Germany.

His next races will be on August 1 at Lake Magog and August 9 at Lake Megantic, both in Canada.

It will also help prepare him for the Pan Pacific Championships on August 25 in Australia.

Radford is New Zealand's top open water swimmer.