Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One day after Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and Christine Jennings of the USA faced off in the 1 km Grid Sprint and sprinted to a hard-fought finish, the two aquatic warriors faced off again in the 7 km Queen of the Sea (Rainha do Mar in Portuguese) on Copacabana […]

Alexander Studzinski of Germany put on a powerful surge over last two loops and held on to win the 2010 King of the Sea (called the Rei do Mar in Portuguese). Alexander beat Luis Arapiraca of Brazil (silver), Chad Ho of South Africa (bronze), Alex Meyer of USA (fourth), Allan do Carmo (fifth) in a

Photos from here and there in the King of the Sea 10K pro invitational race give a picture of what happened on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Chad Ho of South Africa is seen cooling off in a ice bucket after the race on the right. Photo on the left shows the size of

Tony Trubiano of Montreal was honored by Swimming Canada and presented with the Ken Flippelli Award. “Both Tony has contributed countless hours to Canadian swimming, and we are truly grateful,” said Pierre Lafontaine, CEO and National Coach for Swimming Canada. The Ken Filippelli Award honors an outstanding Canadian official who by way of dedication and

In a repeat of their close race the day before, Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and Christine Jennings of the USA pushed the pace on the last loop of the 7K Queen of the Sea competition in Copacabana Beach yesterday. Stroke-for-stroke and step-by-step the two women battled throughout until the final few steps where Christine repeated

The men of the Rei do Mar (King of the Sea) race in Rio de Janeiro will be onshore taking a backseat to the women today as their female counterparts swim-run-swim-run-swim-run-swim-run-swim-run-swim-run-swim in the 7K Queen of the Sea competition on Copacabana Beach today. Results and videos will be posted later. The race between two-time FINA

Bruckner Chase and his wife Michelle, daughter of the great Lt. Colonel Stewart Evans, are shown on left with Stewart’s original non-neoprene swim cap that he wore on the first Farallones Islands to California coastline swim in history. The story behind Stewart’s swim and career is forgotten in the annals of marathon swimming history. Not

Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director of USA Swimming, announced an update on its work related to open water swimming. “There are currently several important and necessary efforts underway,” explained the long-time sports administrator. “USA Swimming has commissioned its own fact-finding investigation and this is well down the road. We have also established an Open Water Review