Colin Hill Shows Highlights From Doha – Women’s 10 km
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Martyn Webster Talks About His Barraesque Year
Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Zurich, Switzerland. Martyn Webster enjoyed and experienced a Barraesque year last year in 2018. The 51-year-old British, one of the World’s Top 50 Most Adventurous Swimmers, received the 2019 Barra Award for Most Outstanding Year of Marathon Swimming (all considered) from the Marathon Swimmers Federation. * On April 14th, he completed
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The 2019 Frogman Series
Courtesy of Rory O’Connor, Boston, Massachusetts. The Navy SEAL Foundation Frogman Swim Series includes the original Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Florida, the 3rd annual San Francisco Frogman Swim, and the inaugural Boston Frogman Swim that will be held June 2nd. Rory O’Connor explains, “These swims are first and foremost fundraising events with all proceeds
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Philippe Fort Goes Long, Goes Cold To Join Iron Icemen
Courtesy of WOWSA, Volendam, Netherlands. Philippe Fort, a 54-year-old French athlete, recently became one of the few humans in history to achieve Iron Iceman status by completing both a certified Ice Mile by the International Ice Swimming Association and a full Ironman triathlon (3 times) in Nice, France. After completing the Ironman Nice in 2005
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Lewis Pugh To Speak At International Marine Conference
Courtesy of WOWSA, Glasgow, Scotland. Lewis Pugh, the United Nations Patron of the Oceans, will give the keynote speech to a sold-out crowd at Scotland’s International Marine Conference on February 20th at the University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland’s vision is for clean, healthy, safe, productive and diverse seas that
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Ana Marcela Cunha Sets The Pace Going To Korea & Tokyo
Courtesy of WOWSA, Doha Bay, Qatar. Disappointed in 2008, 2012 and 2016, Ana Marcela Cunha got off to an excellent start in the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a victory on the opening stop on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series. With her victory, the Brazilian dynamo is most definitely one of the
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Florian Wellbrock Sets The Bar, Wins In Doha
Florian Wellbrock Sets The Bar, Wins In Doha Photo of Rob Muffels, Florian Wellbrock and Marcus Herwig courtesy by Eroll Popova. Leading a strong German finish with 4 swimmers in the top 10, Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the opening stop on the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim Series in Doha Bay, Qatar minus Olympic 10
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Boring versus Bold for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Boring versus Bold for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern California. “It was great for the International Olympic Committee to include the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the 2008 Beijing Olympics,” recalls Steven Munatones. “The four-loop course ended up in triumphant fashion for leukemia survivor Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands and
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