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Alex Meyer is a member of an exclusive club: Olympic athletes from Harvard University. The Harvard graduate will be #20 in today’s Olympic marathon swim final starting at 12 noon GMT. The race should be blazing fast. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Another gorgeous day in London for the men’s Olympic marathon swim. Julien Sauvage of France is excited and positioned themselves early at the Serpentine to cheer on their hero at today’s Olympic marathon swimming final. Girlfriend Laura is excited and a little nervous, but is very proud of him regardless of the outcome. Laura’s parents,
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The Olympic marathon swim is being filmed from many different angles and is an improvement over the television production of open water swimming from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One innovation that is being used at the Serpentine is the use of the CableCam. The CableCam is often used in land-based sports that are played in
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The 25 men competing in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km final today will barrel into the finish that was designed and created by Omega Timing. The finish pad has an electronic timing and high-speed cameras to measure and record the time and placing of the athletes. The Open Water Gate sits upon two massive floats,
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Alyssa Anderson wins a gold medal as part of the American 800m freestyle relay in the Aquatic Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Then her younger sister, Haley Anderson, earns a silver in the 10K marathon swim. It has been a successful Olympics for Team Anderson whose family members traveled from northern California to
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Risztov Éva Takes It Out To Take Gold Courtesy of WOWSA, Serpentine, London, UK. Risztov Éva out-sprinted Haley Anderson for the gold in the Olympic marathon swim – winning by 4 tenths of a second in 1:57:38.2. The top women swam hard – the whole way. Risztov took it out hard and finished even harder.
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Expect The Unexpected – Risztov Éva Takes Marathon Gold Courtesy of WOWSA, Serpentine, London, UK. Expect the unexpected is the mantra of open water swimming and it was never more true than today. Risztov Éva of Hungary took control of the womens’s Olympic marathon swimming 10km during the second half and powered on to a
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The land and on-the-water security will be tight at today’s Olympic marathon swim. Follow the race via tweets here and color commentary by Open Water Source here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Below is the start list for the women’s race. The start positions were randomly drawn at yesterday’s technical meeting. The women will line up at the start in these positions at 12 noon GMT today. Follow insider analysis and color commentary at @openwatersource and Olympic marathon swimming. 1. Angela Maurer (GER) 2. Erika Villaecija (ESP)
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Melissa Gorman, a serious contender for the gold in the Olympic marathon swim today in the Serpentine, has some serious fans cheering for her. Like many other swimmers from around the world, the mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters have followed their loved ones to London. There are no greater fans. The weather is
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