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Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica is an open water swimmer from Málaga, Spain who has completed the Strait of Gibraltar in 2004 (one-way crossing) and 2005 (two-way crossing), the English Channel in 2007, the Catalina Channel in 2008, the Cook Strait in 2011. One-by-one, he is knocking off the channels of the Oceans Seven. Christian is […]
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After coming in second at the 18º Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario, Russian Anna Uvarova beat favored Pilar Geijo of Argentina. Getting off to a great start in South America on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit, Anna looks to give 2-time defending Grand Prix champion Pilar all she can handle for
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Like the FINA World Cup race in Brazil, the top men at the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix had a furious fight to the finish at the end of their 8-hour 57K race from Santa Fe to Coronda in Argentina. In a mind-boggling display of flat-out speed at the end of an endurance race
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The final men’s results from the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Santos, Brazil today: 1. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) 2:11’39″51 2. Nicola Bolzonello (Italy) 2:11’41″44 3. Richard Weinberger (Canada) 2:11’42″34 4. Romain Beraud (France) 2:11’43″84 5. Erwin Maldonado (Venezuela) 2:11’45″97 6. Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) 2:11’47″19 7. Valerio Cleri (Italy) 2:11’47″69 8. Christian Reichert
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1. Martina Grimaldi (Italy) 2:22:23.94 2. Angela Maurer (Germany) 2:22:25.50 3. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 2:22:28.44 4. Nadine Reichert (Germany 2:22:29.85 5. Emily Brunemann (USA) 2:22:31.00 6. Claire Thompson (USA) 2:22:31.00 7. Alexandra Sokolova (Russia) 2:22:35.10 8. Jana Pechanova (Czech Republic) 2:22:35.10 9. Alice Franco (Italy) 2:22:37.87 10. Karla Sitic (Croatia) 2:22:38.19 11. Ophelie Aspord
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There were no surprises at the opening race of the 2012 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup series – it was a totally exciting, down-to-the-finish, wild, crazy sprint among the world’s elite in the ocean course in Santos, Brazil. In the Olympic year, every race among the elite competitors is going to come down to
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Open water swimming tours, expeditions, camps, clinics, holidays and conferences are a great way for swimmers to mix the best of the aquatic environment and their like-minded colleagues on terra firma. Not only is swimming side-by-side with teammates and newly found friends enjoyable, but so is talking about the sport and sharing stories of races,
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HASSAN BEACH, Tunisia. The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nejib Belhedi swims day after day along the coast of his native Tunisia, continuing to build awareness of open water swimming. His 1400K Swim Across Tunisia started out as a one-man journey from western Tunisia last June. Over the past several months,
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Hometown heroes like Ana Marcela Cunha will take to their local waters today at the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil. While the elite pro will be competing in the World Cup, amateurs and future generations of pros will be competing in the Maratona aquática internacional de Santos Renata Agondi. Watch here
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SANTOS, Brazil. Christiane Fanzeres, the Open Water Manager for the Brazilian Swimming Federation, announced that this Sunday’s FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup race from Santos, Brazil will be live streamed online. The race between 89 of the world’s top professional marathon swimmers, including a strong German team, will be broadcast live online starting at
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