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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kelly Burke

‘There was a lot of blood in the water’: paddleboarder rescues woman after ‘shocking’ Coogee shark attack

Charlie Verco in a black puffer jacket stands by the ocean holding a blue paddleboard
Charlie Verco, the paddleboarder who rescued a woman being attacked by a shark at Coogee in Sydney. Photograph: Charlie Verco/Instagram/char1ieverco

Elite paddleboarder Charlie Verco has only seen one shark bigger than the one he saw on Saturday at Sydney’s Coogee beach.

The North Bondi athlete was training for July’s world championships in Hawaii on Saturday morning when he heard a swimmer shouting “shark”.

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