Swimming
New Zealand open water swimmers Cara Baker and Kane Radford impressed on the opening day of the Fina World Championships in Barcelona overnight on Saturday.
Baker finished a career-high sixth while Radford was 18th in a bunch finish in the 5km open water swim in Barcelona Harbour.
Swimming New Zealand coach Philip Rush confirmed Baker's sixth place was the best by a Kiwi in open water at a world championship.
Baker, 23, clocked 56min 46.2s, out-touched for fifth by Germany's Isabelle Harle. American Haley Anderson, an Olympic silver medallist, took out the 5km race in Barcelona Harbour in 56.34 with the New Zealand champion only 1.5s off the podium. APNZ