While there have been over major major media articles on the poor water quality of the Seine with dire predictions of athletes getting sick and the need to clean urban waterways, the fastest marathon swimmers and distance freestylers in the world gathered in the Seine this morning for their one familiarization swim.
Swimmers completed a 1.67 km loop around the course, swimming quickly and effortlessly downstream and much more slowly on the way back, swimming upstream. The races will be held tomorrow and Friday with a 7:30 am start. Sights and sounds from today’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course are below for your reference. The clips show the course, start, finish chute, Omega Timing gate, and different athletes (from Daniel Wiffen of Ireland to Airi Ebina of Japan) swimming along the course.
We have long predicted the course is technically demanding and requires a very high navigational IQ. Tactics and strategies of some swimmers may be executed perfectly well, but one yellow card or one instance of physicality can just as easily knock a swimmer off the Olympic podium.
There will be great races over the next 48 hours – with many different leaders and changes in pace.
2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Female Finalists on August 8th
- Chelsea Gubecka, Australia
- Moesha Johnson, Australia
- Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil
- Viviane Jungblut, Brazil
- Emma Finlin, Canada
- Xin Xin, China
- Maria de Valdes Alvarez, Spain
- Angela Martinez Guillen, Spain
- Oceane Cassignol, France
- Caroline Laure Jouisse, France
- Leah Phoebe Crisp, Great Britain
- Leonie Beck, Germany
- Leonie Martens, Germany
- Bettina Fabian, Hungary
- Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Italy
- Ginevra Taddeucci, Italy
- Airi Ebina, Japan
- Martha Sandoval Ayala, Mexico
- Lisa Pou, Monaco
- Sharon van Rouwendaal, Netherlands
- Maria Alejandra Bramont-Arias, Peru
- Angelica Andre, Portugal
- Mariah Denigan, USA
- Katie Grimes, USA
2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Male Finalists on August 9th
- Kyle Lee, Australia
- Nick Sloman, Australia
- Felix Auboeck, Austria
- Jan Hercog, Austria
- Guilherme Costa, Brazil
- Martin Straka, Czech Republic
- David Andres Farinango Berru, Ecuador
- Carlos Garach Benito, Spain
- Logan Fontaine, France
- Marc-Antoine Olivier, France
- Hector Pardoe, Great Britain
- Tobias Patrick Robinson, Great Britain
- Oliver Klemet, Germany
- Florian Wellbrock, Germany
- Athanasios Charalampos Kynigakis, Greece
- David Betlehem, Hungary
- Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary
- Daniel Wiffen, Ireland
- Matan Roditi, Israel
- Domenico Acerenza, Italy
- Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
- Taishin Minamide, Japan
- Woomin Kim, South Korea
- Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico
- Phillip Seidler, Namibia
- Henrik Christiansen, Norway
- Piotr Wozniak, Poland
- Victor Johansson, Sweden
- Ahmed Jaouadi, Tunisia
- Emir Batur Albayrak, Turkey
- Kuzey Tuncelli, Turkey
David Johnston, USA[withdrawal]- Ivan Puskovitch, USA
Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Commentary and Articles
- What Los Angeles 2028 Can Learn from the 2024 Paris Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Impressions of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on the Seine
- Brilliant Swimming. Kristóf Rasovszky Wins Gold in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Brilliant Swimming. A Legend, Sharon van Rouwendaal Wins the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Brian Goodell at the OLY House
- The Sights and Sounds of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on the Seine
- Technologies Showcased at the OLY House during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
- Finke Achieves The Improbable. His Rivals Head Towards The Seine
- It’s Gonna Be An Incredible Race with Warnings, Whistles, Yellow Cards, and Red Cards in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the Seine
- How Fast Is The Water Moving in the Seine along the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Course?
- Sixth Time Is A Charm for Kristel Köbrich
- Postscript from Paris
- Ice Swimmer Cometh: Keaton Jones Has Shot To Earn Olympic Gold
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim – Course Update on August 1st
- 10 Days in Paris: Katie Grimes, Moesha Johnson and Leonie Maertens – Reversal of Fortune on Day 2
- 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Prediction: Swimming in the Seine Will Be Spectacular
- How Fast Are The Olympic Marathon Swimmers? The Women in the Seine
- How Fast Are The Olympic Marathon Swimmers? The Men in the Seine
- Speed and Strategy on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Course in the Fast-flowing Seine
- What Is The Ambiance of the Paris Olympics?
- Catherine Kase On Preparing For and Coaching at the Olympics
- Growth of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris: Pool Specialists versus Open Water Specialists
- Breaking News: Details of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Breaking News: Female Swimmers of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Breaking News: Male Swimmers of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Paris
- Ignasi Vendrell Gervás Is Running The Show at the 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Plan B For The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Whoa…The Speed of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Will Be Off The Charts…Daniel Wiffen to Compete
- 10 Days in Paris: The Swimming Life of Olympian Katie Grimes
- What Would You Do: Protest or Compete in the Seine at the Paris Olympics?
- Olympic Marathon Swimmers Getting Faster and Faster – like Oliver Klemet
- Goose Poo to Human Poo – Media Focus on Faecal Matter and Marathon Swimming Every Four Years
- Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli – Then and Now
- Olympic Open Water Competition – With a Surfboard
- Woomin Kim and Guilherme Costa Throw Down Some Fast Freestyling in Paris. Will Their Speed, Stamina Be a Factor in the Seine?
- Triathlon Postponed Raises Question of Location of Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daniel Wiffen Captures Gold With A Tactically Tough 800m in the Pool
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