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 World
Triathlon Championships 2006: Kim Wedgerfield
It was 8:45 a.m. on September 2, 2006, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
I slid into the cold water of Lake Geneva along with 50 other
A.W.A.D.’s (Athlete’s With A Disability).
The horn blew to start the swim of the World Triathlon Championships.
There were 12 divers underneath the groups of swimmers and
if someone got into trouble one was right there. I started
to swim and about a quarter of the way in my face was hit
by a wave as I tried to take a breath. I started to choke.
I saw a diver coming toward me and I knew if he pushed me
up out of the water a boat would come and pluck me out. I’d
be disqualified. I motioned that I was okay and although I
was still choking needed to keep moving. I flipped over and
started doing the backstroke. The water was still coming over
my face, but I was finally able to get my breathing under
control. Flipping back over, I started to do the front crawl.
The diver was still with me and I gave him the thumbs up sign.
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