Mystery man Kane emerges king of the seas

Kane Radford's days as a big-splashing sprat are no more _ he's now a fully grown super-fish in a fairly substantial pool.
Bay of Plenty swim sensation Radford left Commonwealth gold medallist Moss Burmester in his wake to win the annual Auckland Harbour swim at the weekend.
The 16-year-old, who trains in Tauranga with coach Kirk Taylor, hit the front from the start and lead the pack of 989 swimmers from Devonport to the Viaduct Harbour in downtown Auckland.
For most of the race commentators were only able to describe the leader as "the unknown mystery swimmer".
However, they had no trouble identifying the second swimmer, Commonwealth gold medallist Moss Burmester.
With only 200m left to go in the race Radford's older brother Reagen, who was watching from near the finish line, enlightened the man on the public address system.
Radford made easy work of the relatively calm waters, making the 2.8km crossing in 33mins 16secs.
Burmester, who has won the event for the past two years, was well over a minute behind, clocking in at 34mins 20secs. Third spot was filled by well-known open water swimmer Daniel Ryan in 34mins 23secs.
Burmester wasn't the only hotshot beaten by Radford.
Olympic swimmer Dean Kent placed fifth in a time of 34mins 34secs.
Radford said his game plan was to lead from the start and build a substantial lead.
"I didn't expect to win by that much. It's awesome to know that I have beaten a Commonwealth gold medallist," he said.
"I was out on my own the whole way. It's the hardest way to swim, but it was the only way to win it."
Radford said as he climbed a ladder out of the water and looked back he was surprised to see Burmester well behind.
"I was a little bit worried during the race he would catch me. I kept checking and looking back. I was quite surprised to see how far back he was."
Radford swam in the World Open Water Swimming Championships off the Italian coast in September and in July he battled choppy sea conditions to score an impressive victory in the 10km open water swim at the Oceania Championships.
New Zealand open water swim coach Donna Bouzaid, who is in Rotorua this week training an elite squad, said Radford was the country's best open water swimmer.
"He loves the open water and knows how to swim a tactical race in the sea.
"He is proving he has a real future in swimming and the Beijing Olympics are not out of the question."
Radford has trained with Bouzaid this week and together they devised his race plan.
"He knew he had to take it to them. If he was in a bunch at the end some of those big guys could have outsprinted him."
The women's race across Auckland Harbour was won by Melissa Ingram in 37mins 49secs.
She was followed in by Helen Norfolk 37mins 59secs and Yin Jie Ow 38mins 35secs.