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Penny Palfrey is a risk-taker. She accepts risk and understands that failure is part of the open water swimming equation. She set off on two of the riskiest swims possible, on opposite ends of the extreme spectrum within several weeks of each other. It was a high-risk proposition, but if anyone could pull it off, […]
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The family, friends and fans’ support of the Olympic marathon swimmers was overwhelming in London. Many groups were colorfully outfitted in specially designed shirts or hats, and many wove their country flags in support of their favorite athletes. There was Team Lurz of Germany, And Team Kida of Japan, And Team Mellouli of Tunisia, And
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The 25 men competing in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km final today will barrel into the finish that was designed and created by Omega Timing. The finish pad has an electronic timing and high-speed cameras to measure and record the time and placing of the athletes. The Open Water Gate sits upon two massive floats,
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The Olympic marathon swim is being filmed from many different angles and is an improvement over the television production of open water swimming from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One innovation that is being used at the Serpentine is the use of the CableCam. The CableCam is often used in land-based sports that are played in
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Another gorgeous day in London for the men’s Olympic marathon swim. Julien Sauvage of France is excited and positioned themselves early at the Serpentine to cheer on their hero at today’s Olympic marathon swimming final. Girlfriend Laura is excited and a little nervous, but is very proud of him regardless of the outcome. Laura’s parents,
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Alex Meyer is a member of an exclusive club: Olympic athletes from Harvard University. The Harvard graduate will be #20 in today’s Olympic marathon swim final starting at 12 noon GMT. The race should be blazing fast. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Yasunari Hirai is Japan’s entrant in today’s Olympic marathon swim at the Serpentine. The young man has been swimming throughout Japan, in America, in Australia and in the professional marathon swimming circuit to gain expertise and experience in open water swimming. He should be in the mix for the first half in what is expected
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As one of the Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorites, Greece’s Spyros Gianniotis is cool, calm and collected. But his parents are nervous. His father is Greek, but his mother is English. “It is going to be Spyros and Thomas [Lurz],” quietly predicts his mother … as do other pundits. “It’s going to be a
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Ivan Enderica Ochoa (#23) is Ecuador’s man at today’s Olympic marathon swim. He trains in Cuenca high up at 2,400 meters in the Andean Mountains. He will swim proudly and quickly in the six 1.6km loops around the Serpentine. Many of the parents and close friends of the 25 male swimmers are gathering in a
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Ous Mellouli Wins The Olympic Marathon Swim WOWSA, Serpentine, London. In a brilliant strategy that played to his strengths, Ous Mellouli swam away from the field to capture his second Olympic gold medal in today’s Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine. Thomas Lurz captured the silver with young Richard Weinberger holding off Spyros Gianniotis for
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