Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
FINA announced its 2015 schedule for the FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit.
The event includes new races in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Balatonfured in Hungary and New Caledonia in France, and has expanded to 11 locations around the world:
Race #1 on February 7th: Patagones-Viedma, Argentina (Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim)
Race #2 on March 13th: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Race #3 on April 18th: New Caledonia, France
Race #4 on May 2nd: Cancún, Mexico
Race #5 on June 20th: Balatonfured, Hungary
Race #6 on June 27th: Setúbal Bay, Portugal
Race #7 on July 23rd: Lac St-Jean, Canada (part of the Traversée internationale du Lac St-Jean)
Race #8 on July 31st: Lac Memphrémagog, Canada (part of the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog)
Race #9 on August 8th: Lac Mégantic, Canada (part of the Traversée internationale du Lac Mégantic)
Race #10 on October 12th: Chun’an, China (Qiandao Lake that means Thousand Island Lake)
Race #11 on October 17th: Hong Kong
Photo above is from the recent King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) in Brazil that shows the two 2014 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup overall series winners from Brazil, Allan do Carmo and Ana Marcela Cunha, both from Bahai and recipients of the FINA World Open Water Swimming Man/Woman of the Year and nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Man and Woman of the Year.
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