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  • Midmar Mile swimmer drowned

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    Read iol A post-mortem carried out on Midmar Mile swimmer Herman “Thabo” van Straten, who died competing in the race on February 8, has shown he drowned. Police spokesman Captain Lolly Moodley said on Thursday there were no injuries to his body. Van Straten, a 43-year-old businessman from Joburg, disappeared while swimming in the race’s…

  • Midmar swimmer’s body found

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    Read Sport24 The body of Herman van Straten who went missing during the Midmar Mile swim has been found, KwaZulu-Natal police said. “At about 16:20 (the body) surfaced about 800m from the starting line,” Captain Lolly Moodley said. He said the rescue dogs had respond “positively” just before the body was found and pointed in…