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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the race nearly half over as the 51 women approach the 5 km mark, Siyu Yan of China is now comfortably leading the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Portugal. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Angelica Maria Andre of Portugal is leading the first lap at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race…with a huge pack cautiously following her in the early stages of the race. Less than 20 seconds separates the top 45 women. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Setúbal Bay in Portugal (GMT + 2), 51 women are racing to qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The livestream can be seen here. 15 remaining spots are available for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim final in Copacabana Beach. In the second
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On Saturday, June 11th at 3:30 pm from Setúbal Bay in Portugal (GMT + 2), the women’s qualification race for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics will be held and livestreamed here. Watch the second qualification race that will be fast, strategic and rough for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On Sunday, June 12th at 3:30 pm from Setúbal Bay in Portugal (GMT + 2), the men’s qualification race for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics will be held and livestreamed here. Watch the second qualification race that will be fast, strategic and rough for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Chloë McCardel completed her three-way crossing of the English Channel in 2015 in 36 hours 12 minutes, fellow Australian channel swimmer Michael ‘Murph’ Renford said, “Chloë’s success undoubtedly makes her the greatest marathon, endurance and open water swimmer in Australian history.“ What makes for the greatest open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australian marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel is continuing where she left off last year when she swam a three-way English Channel crossing and three one-way crossings in one week. The 30-year-old McCardel has crossed the English Channel a total of 13 times and wants to break Des Renford’s Australian career
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hungary has enjoyed worldwide success in the pool, ranging from its outstanding Olympic water polo teams (9 gold medals) to its Olympic pool swimming greats such as Krisztina Egerszegi, a 7-time Olympic medalist, and László Cseh, a 5-time Olympic medalist. Although Hungary is a landlocked country, it has an
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Swimming Association (WSA) was launched today. The WSA is an idea born in September 2015 to address the failure of the existing world bodies to fairly, openly, and honestly administer the sport of swimming. After 11 decades of failure to become athlete-centered, the coaches of the World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2016 United States Masters Swimming National Coaches Clinic will be held November 11th – 13h in San Mateo, California. The 3-day weekend clinic is specifically tailored for masters swimming coaches and will cover open water, team building, turns, dryland, and stroke technique. Ron Marcikic will talk about team
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