'he Would Be Proud' - The Son Trying To Swim Father's World Record Time

Reaching his father's clip will beryllium hugely challenging - immoderate mightiness opportunity impossible.

"Most group who cognize swimming will beryllium like, 'he has nary chance'," Adam says. "But I want to try."

But Adam says nan 12 months up are astir much than strokes, limb kicks, minutes and seconds.

Having not swam earnestly since he was 18, he only sewage backmost into nan athletics aft his father's decease to "feel connected to him" arsenic he grieved.

Adam hopes to recreation to immoderate of nan pools his begetter swam in, including successful Sri Lanka - wherever David was calved to Scottish parents, successful Scotland itself, Miami and moreover Montreal.

He will besides raise money for Sports Aid, who thief support youngsters pinch nan disbursal that travel pinch chasing sporting dreams, and return proposal from his dad's erstwhile team-mates.

"Doing this situation has allowed maine to spell backmost done his life," Adam says.

"My dada retired astatine 22, agelong earlier I came along, truthful it's a portion of his life that I didn't needfully cognize that overmuch about.

"I'm hoping I've sewage a batch of his swimming genes, truthful we'll spot arsenic nan twelvemonth unfolds.

"I want this communicative to show really astonishing swimmers are, really difficult this athletics is and really overmuch effort, clip and activity these guys and girls put successful to get to wherever they are.

"And I want to show really bully my dada was."