SWIMMING

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2346, 31 December 1914, Page 9

SWIMMING

• KAHANAMOKU IN SYDNEY. Duke Paoa Kahanamoku; the world's champion swimmer over'loo metres, arrived in Sydney, from Honolulu by the R.M.S. Ventura last week. He was accompanied by Mr, Francis Evans as manager, and Mr. Gebrgo Cunha, «\n American .resident of .Honolulu,.,who is also -a splendid performer in : the water. ' Kahanamoku,. who is a native of Honolulu, js twerity-6ix years of ago. He is a splendid specimen of manhood, standing Oft. lin., and weighing 12st. 81b. He.is,the undoubted sprint champion of the world. \At the Olympic .Games at Stockholm in 1912 he won the 100, metres championship in 61 3-ssec, establishing a world's record that has never since'been Australia's best time for a similar distance is 64 •4-56ec. Kahanamoku, though a sprinter, swims all distances up to 440 yards. In his stroke, .Jjis .'arm work is similar to thatin.Australia/ states the,"Sydney■.Morning Herald," but his "kick" or "footwork" differs.from ours. He has a special'kick of/his own, ono that has won him renown, ,and has been called "the Kahanamoku kick.".- The feet revolve like the blades of a steanier'6 propeller, and 'the champion gets up woiiderfulspeed. In.fact, he-has been ■ called "the .flash," for ho streaks through the water over.the shorter distances at a treiriendons pace.