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Rachael Ward

Swimmer reflects on shock discovery before major event

Kim Wellington was a champion swimmer who turned her hand to raising money for Daffodil Day. (Jason Wellington/AAP PHOTOS)

Feeling helpless as a growing number of friends were diagnosed with cancer, Kim Wellington organised an open water swim to raise money for life-saving research.

The champion Masters swimmer, then 47, never imagined she'd be also be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in the weeks before she hit the water.

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