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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Tri-Valley Masters in northern California once again hosted its annual Lake Del Valle Open Water Swims in Livermore, California. Over 600 swimmers of all ages participated in its races in a loop course that included 1.2 km, 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km swims. The 10 km […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The artwork for the new Praia de Piatã event in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is colorful. Praia de Piatã offer a 1 km ocean sprint, 2 km ocean swimming classic, 4 km ocean swim challenge in addition to a 5 km beach run, a 1 km ocean swim + 2.5
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Photo courtesy of Jose Lorvao, Setúbal Bay, Portugal. FINA announced the 25 male finalists for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim based on this weekend’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim second qualification race in Portugal and the first qualification race held at 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. From the first qualification race: 1. Jordan Wilimovsky,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA announced the 25 female finalists for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim based on this weekend’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim second qualification race in Portugal and the first qualification race held at 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. From the first qualification race: 1. Aurélie Muller, FRA 2.
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Aerial photos from the last 10 minutes of the race are courtesy of FINA. Lijun Zu completed a sweep for China at today’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Portugal’s Setúbal Bay. Similar to his teammate, Xin Xin who came back to out-sprint Keri-Anne Payne on the women’s side [in 1:55:12.1], Zu was swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 71 men at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Portugal’s Setúbal Bay are being pushed in the early stages of the race by several leaders that includes Ous Mellouli of Tunisia. Mellouli is aiming to defend his Olympic gold medal in the 10 km marathon swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 9 Countries 1 Goal: HITtheWall was organized by Infinity Channel Swimming and held in Carlingford Lough in northern Ireland on May 27th-30th where swimmers traversed from 2 km to 16 km. Carlingford Lough is a glacial fjord that forms part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In yesterday’s women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Setúbal Bay in Portugal, teammates raced each other in addition to trying to qualify for the Rio Olympics. China’s Xin Xin (1st in 1:55:12.1) beat teammate Siyu Yan (11th in 1:56:53.20). Australia’s Chelsea Gubecka (4th in 1:55:34.30) beat teammate
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Photo courtesy of Peter Mourant, Jersey Evening Post. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed the honour of ‘Member of the British Empire’ to Sally Anne Minty-Gravett for her services to swimming following her 27 years as President of The Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club. The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016 states, “Sally has been
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Upper photo by Jose Lorvao. Lower photos courtesy of FINA. The pace of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race significantly picked up over the last 2 loops when Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain and Xin Xin of China started to pull away from the large lead pack. Only Samantha Arevalo could stick with the
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