75th Annual Mount Lavinia sea swim at Mount Lavinia Hotel won by Kandy schools

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The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) held its 75th Annual Mount Lavinia Sea Swim in association with the Mount Lavinia Hotel in a grand scale on the 4th March 2012.

The sea swim drew over 700 swimmers between the ages of 12 years and 70 years and the individual events were won by two ardent swimmers from two popular schools in Kandy.

The event was held in a grand scale this year with many sponsors supporting the event namely Milo from Nestle and Maliban.

The two mile sea swim which is iconic with the Mount Lavinia Hotel and its location is incidentally one of the oldest open water swimming competitions in Asia having seen participants passing down the title from generation to generation. Its rich heritage includes unique records of history of winners within the same family, father and son combinations, and repeat victories.

ri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union is the governing body of Aquatic Sports in Sri Lanka for the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.