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Courtesy of FINA World Masters Championships, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Hungary’s Balatonfüred will be packed on August 10th, 11th and 12th. Thousands of swimmers from around the world will descend on Lake Balaton for the 2017 FINA World Masters Swimming Championships. The open water swimming races will all be held on 3 km courses over the three-day […]
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Courtesy of FINA, Viedma, Argentina. While Adrianna Bridi comfortably won the 10 km La Patagones Viedma, the first race in the 2017 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series, the race for second was literally too close to call. Rachele Bruni (silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympic 10K Marathon Swim) and Poliana Okimoto Cintra
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gilles Rondy has enjoyed quite a career in the open water. In 2004, he crossed the English Channel in a quick 7 hour 54 minutes. He later won the 2006 European Championships in Budapest in the 25 km marathon and then qualified in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Merle Liivand, an Estonian pool and open water swimmer, and Alexander Studzinski, a long-time professional marathon swimmer, modeling the colorful swimwear of Deutscher Schwimmverband, FINIS announced it became a sponsor of the DSV (German Swimming Federation). “I am extremely excited about our partnership with DSV,” said FINIS CEO
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Article courtesy of Bonnie Tsui for the New York Times. Photo shot at the Ala Moana Beach on the south coast of Oahu, courtesy of Marco Garcia. Years ago, a close friend and I cemented a friendship that began in college by splashing our way around Hawaii, on his home island, Oahu … read the
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Courtesy of Melissa Kelley, Dreamfuel. The president of the Afghanistan Swimming Federation contacted Dreamfuel to launch a campaign to create the first Afghanistan National Women’s Swimming Team. Melissa Kelley of Dreamfuel explains, “Dreamfuel became deeply moved by this campaign. We all know that sport can change lives. In this instance, that can be the case
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. South Africa’s top female open water swimmer Michelle Weber had another strong swim in the 10 km swim at Marina Martinique in South Africa. The 10 km victory was her second in two days at the Eastern Cape Open Water Swim Championships. Both Weber and Nico Manoussakis
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Replay of live webcast courtesy of La Patagones Viedma, Argentina. Italy went 1-2 among the men when Federico Vanelli won the La Patagones Viedma, the first race in the 2017 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series, by 30 seconds over this teammate Simone Ruffini. Vanelli and Ruffini’s finish was equated by their female teammates,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Barbara Pozzobón has been getting better and better over her open water swimming career. Today, she earned her first FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit victory in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. Pozzobón won the 43rd edition of the river race in 8
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Damián Blaum won today’s Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, his first career victory in the opening stage on the 2017 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. Blaum completed the 57 km race in 8 hours 28 minutes, comfortably beating second-place Edoardo Stochino of Italy (8 hours
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