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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming. He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, World Open Water Swimming Federation, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and serves as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor - Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Official OMEGA Timing Results for Men’s 5K World Championship Swim

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MEN’S 5K OFFICIAL RESULTS 1. Thomas Lurz (GER) 56:16.6 2. Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) 56:17.4 3. Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) 56:18.5 4. Nicola Bolzonello (ITA) 56:24.3 5. Andrew Gemmell (USA) 56:24.8 6. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) 56:26.0 7. Damien Cattin Vidal (FRA) 56:27.4 8. Chris Bryan (IRL) 56:28.0 9. Simone Ruffini (ITA) 56:29.0 10. Csaba Gercsak (HUN) 56:30.1 […]

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Official OMEGA Timing Results for Women’s 5K World Championship Swim

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WOMEN’S 5K OFFICIAL RESULTS 1. Swann Oberson (SUI) 1:00:39.7 2. Aurelie Muller (FRA) 1:00:40.1 3. Ashley Twichell (USA) 1:00:40.2 4. Rachele Bruni (ITA) 1:00:42.2 5. Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS) 1:00:44.1 6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:00:46.7 7. Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) 1:00:46.7 8. Danielle De Francesco (AUS) 1:00:46.8 9. Cara Baker (NZL) 1:00:47.3 10. Jana Pechanova (CZE)

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Marcel Wouda Pulls World Champion From World Championships

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European Open Water Swimming posted the following information on its website: Swimmer Linsy Heister won’t defend her world title in Shanghai on the 25 km open water. Coach Marcel Wouda pulled the 23-year-old from Eindhoven Thursday back. According to the coach, it is medically irresponsible to swim the longest distance at a water temperature of

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Start List for the World Championship Men’s 25K Swim

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Guillermo Bertola (ARG)Gabriel Villagoiz (ARG)Codie Grimsey (AUS)Trent Grimsey (AUS)Brian Ryckeman (BEL)Tom Vangeneugden (BEL)Samuel De Bona (BRA)Allan Do Carmo (BRA)Petar Stoychev (BUL)Xavier Desharnais (CAN)Simon Tobin (CAN)Lidu Han (CHN)Jingwei Weng (CHN)Josip Soldo (CRO)Tomislav Soldo (CRO)Libor Smolka (CZE)Rostislav Vitek (CZE)Mazen Aziz (EGY)Islam Mohsen (EGY)Francisco Hervas (ESP)Benjamin Konschak (GER)Thomas Lurz (GER)Csaba Gercsak (HUN)Gergely Kutasi (HUN)Valerio Cleri (ITA)Edoardo Stochino (ITA)Yuriy

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Start List for the World Championship Women’s 25K Swim

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Tash Harrison (AUS)Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)Poliana Okimoto (BRA)Shiyue Cao (CHN)Minjie Sun (CHN)Karla Sitic (CRO)Jana Pechanova (CZE)Silvie Rybarova (CZE)Margarita Dominguez Cabezas (ESP)Antje Mahn (GER)Angela Maurer (GER)Giorgia Consiglio (ITA)Martina Grimaldi (ITA)Linsy Heister (NED)Maria Bulakhova (RUS)Anna Uvarova (RUS)Nika Kozamernik (RUS)Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source

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Start List for the World Championship Men’s 5K Swim

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Gabriel Villagoiz (ARG)Codie Grimsey (AUS)Trent Grimsey (AUS)Sergiy Fesenko (AZE)Victor Colonese (BRA)Samuel Don Bona (BRA)Aimeson King (CAN)Richard Weinberger (CAN)Wenchao Xu (CHN)Han Yao (CHN)Hayden Vickers (COK)Rodolfo Sanchez (CRC)Jeffry Villalobos (CRC)Jan Posmourny (CZE)Rostislav Vitek (CZE)Ivan Enderica (ECU)Santiago Enderica (ECU)Mazen Aziz (EGY)Islam Mohsen (EGY)Thomas Lurz (GER)Jan Wofgarten (GER)Antonis Fokaidis (GRE)Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)Kevin Vasquez (GRE)Tin Yu Ling (HKG)Marcus Yat Ho

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Start List for the World Championship Women’s 5K Swim

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Bonnie MacDonald (AUS)Ana Marcelua Cunha (BRA)Poliana Okimoto (BRA)Zsofi Balazs (CAN)Nadine Williams (CAN)Yu Shi (CHN)Hefei Wang (CHN)Jana Pechanova (CZE)Silvie Rybarova (CZE)Katia Barros (ECU)Nataly Caldas (ECU)Laila El Basiouny (EGY)Merna Mohamed (EGY)Marta Recio Paneque (ESP)Cassandra Patten (GBR)Isabell Donath (GER)Isabelle Haerle (GER)Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)Marianna Lymperta (GRE)Cindy Toscano (GUA)Fiona On Yi Chan (HKG)Wing Yung Natasha Tang (HKG)Annisa Fabiola (INA)Yessy Venisia

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Americans And Aussies Lead Team Pursuit At World Championships

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Gemmell pulled the train in about as straight an arrow as one could do in the team pursuit (team time trial) event at the 2011 World Championships. Andrew lead his Team USA teammates, Sean Ryan and Ashley Twichell, in an unwavering streamlined formation throughout the 2-loop 5 km

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Official OMEGA Timing Results for Today’s 5K Team Pursuit

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The 2011 FINA World Championship team pursuit (or team time trial) results are as follows: Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Official Results: Gold: USA (Andrew Gemmell, Sean Ryan, Ashley Twichell) – 57:00.6 Silver:Australia (Melissa Gorman, Ky Hurst, Rhys Mainstone) – 57:01.8 Bronze: Germany (Jan Wolfgarten, Thomas Lurz, Isabelle Haerle) – 57:44.2 4. Italy –

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