President Takes Dip for Charity

Ljubljana, 3 December - It was a special day for Slovenian President Borut Pahor as he took to the pool for the first time in nearly two years for a charitable cause on International Day of People with Disabilities on Tuesday.

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor and disabled swimmer Darko Đurič pose after a race held as part of fundraiser for Đurič's prosthesis. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor and disabled swimmer Darko Đurič pose after a race held as part of fundraiser for Đurič's prosthesis.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Beauty queens take to the pool as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Beauty queens take to the pool as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Beauty queens take to the pool as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Beauty queens take to the pool as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Disabled swimmer Darko Đurič poses with beauty queens as part of a fundraiser on International Day of People with Disabilities. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Disabled swimmer Darko Đurič poses with beauty queens as part of a fundraiser on International Day of People with Disabilities.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Beauty queens get ready to take a dip as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities, as organiser of the event Tone Fornezzi Tof (far right) looks on. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Beauty queens get ready to take a dip as part of a fundraiser on the International Day of People with Disabilities, as organiser of the event Tone Fornezzi Tof (far right) looks on.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor and disabled swimmer Darko Đurič pose after a race held as part of fundraiser for Đurič's prosthesis. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor and disabled swimmer Darko Đurič pose after a race held as part of fundraiser for Đurič's prosthesis.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 1.150 characters (without spaces) or 249 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

gj/sm
© STA, 2013