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Surprises – some pleasant, some shocking – reigned at the Olympic Marathon Swim in the Serpentine today. 1. Eva Risztov of Hungary (1:57:38.2) turned the tables on Haley Anderson who just touched her out at the Olympic Qualification Race in June – as well as the rest of the elite field in the 20°C water […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 25 male finalists in the Olympic marathon swim in Hyde Park tomorrow at 12 noon GMT will line up on the starting pontoon in the following order. When watching the 25 marathon swimmers on television or online, the following numbers will be printed on the athlete’s hands, shoulders,
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Risztov Éva Takes It Out To Take Gold Courtesy of WOWSA, Serpentine, London, UK. Risztov Éva out-sprinted Haley Anderson for the gold in the Olympic marathon swim – winning by 4 tenths of a second in 1:57:38.2. The top women swam hard – the whole way. Risztov took it out hard and finished even harder.
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Alyssa Anderson wins a gold medal as part of the American 800m freestyle relay in the Aquatic Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Then her younger sister, Haley Anderson, earns a silver in the 10K marathon swim. It has been a successful Olympics for Team Anderson whose family members traveled from northern California to
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Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes Courtesy of WOWSA, Split, Croatia. Last night in a hospital in Split, Croatia, legendary Croatian swimmer Veljko Rogošić passed away at the age of 71. An Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and a shipyard technician by trade, Rogošić nearly always found himself near the
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Kim Chambers became the 26th person and first New Zealander to successfully cross the length of Lake Tahoe last Sunday, finishing in 15 hours 30 minutes. Faced with an upset stomach early in the swim, the former ballerina still had enough in the tank to power through the lake high up at 6,225 feet (1,897
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Katie Benoit (nee Kathrin Raymond) is a German-born police officer now living in Colorado who used her swimming skills to make a heroic save when a massive hail storm flooded an intersection near the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs. When a number of people were in danger, Benoit selflessly entered the rising, freezing waters and
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The coach-athlete relationship is special. A great coach can help an athlete reach their full potential. There are plenty of athletes in the Olympic marathon swimming competition with a special relationship with their coach: Angela Maurer of Germany and partner Nikolai Evseev Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and husband Ricardo Cintra Older brother Stefan Lurz and
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The venerable American sports magazine Sports Illustrated has pegged him to win the bronze medal on Friday’s Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine. And many people around the world are pulling for America’s Alex Meyer, the former roommate and good friend of Fran Crippen. “What a comeback story this would be, if he wins a
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Tomorrow at 12 noon GMT in London, the women’s Olympic 10k Marathon Swim will start. And if the Olympic triathlon was any indicator, there will be over 100,000 fans pouring into Hyde Park to watch gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne try to climb upon the Olympic podium. The athletes and their coaches (in kayaks) took
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