"The body of an avid swimmer who was last seen swimming in San Francisco Bay on Saturday morning was found Tuesday morning near Aquatic Park Cove. The man's body was found near where he had last been seen, by divers with the San Francisco police department as well as volunteers, who had been searching the area for the last two days."
"The swimmer, identified as 35-year-old Nikolas Tomasevic, was a member of SF's Dolphin Club, and swam in Aquatic Park Cove three to five times a week. Brendan Sheehan, the assistant manager of the club, tells the Chronicle that he was a "sweet guy," and he had last been seen by a swimming partner around 10:15 am Saturday, in the vicinity of the historic steamboat Eureka, which sits docked next to the Hyde Street Pier, at the eastern side of the cove."
"We have one hint for the possible cause of Tomasevic's demise, which is that his wife, Aleksandra Ivanova, tells the Chronicle that he had "a history of epilepsy." But he had been training to make the open-water swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco, something he was "determined" to one day accomplish. Tomasevic's family reportedly spoke to him on the phone from Serbia shortly before he went for his Saturday morning swim."
An avid swimmer, 35-year-old Nikolas Tomasevic, went missing during a Saturday morning swim in Aquatic Park Cove and was found dead near his last seen location on Tuesday morning. Tomasevic regularly swam in the cove three to five times weekly as a member of San Francisco's Dolphin Club and typically completed a one-mile circuit around the cove. He separated from a swim partner during the outing. Initial rescue efforts on Saturday were called off and the search was continued by the San Francisco Police Department alongside volunteer divers. Family reported he had a history of epilepsy and he was training for an Alcatraz-to-San Francisco swim.
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