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Mellouli And Fogg Rip Off Fast 1.5km At Olympics
Behind the dominant Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang, two Olympic 10km marathon swim finalists swam quick 1500m times in the preliminary heats in London. Ous Mellouli qualified second in the 1500m in 14:46.23 while Daniel Fogg also qualified for the 1500m final in 14:56.12. The 2008 Tunisian gold medalist will meet his British rivals two
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Nothing Like Navia
There are few open water swimming traditions like the Descenso a Nado de la Ría de Navia in northern Spain. The quaint town of Navia offers up its gracious Spanish hospitality to the hundreds of swimmers who descend upon the area for the multi-race event held over 3 days. The Descenso a Nado de la
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54 Years Of Champions In Navia
The design of the poster of the Descenso a Nado de la Ría de Navia is clever and historical. The poster incorporates the signatures of the 54 previous winners including 11-time winner and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer David Meca as well as the two Spanish representatives at the 2012 Olympic marathon
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Three Salukis At The Olympic Marathon Swim
Rick Walker will be a busy coach at the 2012 London Olympics. The former long-time coach of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team, Walker also coaches Mazen Aziz of Egypt (shown on left) and Csaba Gercask of Hungary in college. The 22-year-old Egyptian and his Hungarian teammate, who both represent the Southern Illinois
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Vito Bialla, The Man In Black
Success follows Vito Bialla like a pack of swimmers behind Keri-Anne Payne. He became a world-class sailor, purchased an award-winning vineyard in Napa Valley, developed an extremely successful consulting and executive search firm, completed numerous ultra-marathons and multi-day triathlons, and established the Farallon Islands Swimming Association and the Nigh Train Swimmers. The Nigh Train Swimmers
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Ecuador’s Representatives In The Olympic Marathon Swim
Russia will be represented by two swimmers in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km: Sergey Bolshakov and Vladimir Dyatchin. Germany will also be represented by two men: Thomas Lurz and Andreas Waschburger. And so will Ecuador. Ivan Enderica Ochoa will be one of the 25 male finalists and former two-time Ecuadorean Olympian Jorge Delgado will be
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Marathon Mania On August 9th With Keri-Anne Payne
From the officials and athletes in the Olympic Village and the officials of the Olympic Family, the local (LOCOG) volunteers have caught the Olympic spirit and are as enthusiastic and helpful as can be. But from pool side, there have been some grumblings that were addressed. We think grumblings will be more like rumblings in
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Gábor Molnár Completes Swim In The Körös River
Gábor Molnár Completes Swim In The Körös River Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cork, Ireland-based marathon swimmer Gábor Molnár swam 37.2 km from Őcsöd to Csongràd in the Körös River (shown on right) in Hungary. The unprecedented swim took the Hungarian native with creative tattoos and a bright smile 9 hours 30 minutes to
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Racing Against History, Virtual Swimming Against Olympians
The New York Times published an intriguing article and record comparison between all of the Olympic champions over history, including Nathan Adrian who won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games (see on left). The article is posted here. This comparison reminds us of the digital comparison of world record holders since 1905.
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