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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After her illustrious pool swimming career, 32-year-old Éva Risztov has resurrected herself as an Olympic marathon swimmer. After qualifying for her native Hungary’s Olympic swim team in the 400m and 800m freestyle, Risztov added the 10 km marathon swim to her Olympic schedule due to her close second-place finish […]
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The men’s 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Portugal’s Setubal Bay at 4 pm Portugal time (or 8 am Los Angeles time, 9 am Denver time, 10 am Mexico City, 11 am New York time, 5 pm Amsterdam / Cape Town time, 11 pm Beijing / Kuala Lumpur time, 12 midnight Tokyo time,
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Paul Lundgren completed his press conference on Saturday afternoon and he is now resting comfortably for his scheduled 8 am departure on Monday, June 11th across the Sea of Cortez. The sea is calm and inviting and warm, from his launch point in Loreto. All systems are go for his unprecedented audacious 76-mile (122 km)
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Yanqiao Fang qualified for her second Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim as a result of her fifth-place finish at the 2012 FINA Olympic Marathon Swimming Qualifier yesterday in Portugal. Hoping to improve on her 19th-place finish from Beijing, the Chinese swimmer finished fourth at the 10 km marathon swim at the 2010 World Open Water
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Zsofia Balazs qualified for the Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim as a result of her blazing closing sprint at the 2012 FINA Olympic Marathon Swimming Qualifier yesterday in Portugal. Balazs sealed the deal with confident move on the last lap where she had the fastest last split of the 41-women field. She become the first
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Heidi George (10 km) and Trevor Gillis (5 km) won their respective races at the Del Valle Open Water Festival in northern California. Barton Wells, founder of Athletic Director, finished second in the 10 km, but admitted there was nothing he could have done about George’s victory. “Heidi just swam away from me in the
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Pool swimming has a ready room. As do aircraft carrier pilots. The television industry has its green room. And the open water world has its tents. Tents are usually put up near the start of an open water swim where the international field gathers to check-in, get their numbers and transponders, and mentally prepares themselves
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The USC Trojans are on a roll in the open water. Yesterday, Catherine Vogt coached Haley Anderson to a victory in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal. Now, she is up on the feeding station once again today. This time, she will coach another Trojan Ous Mellouli, the Tunisian Olympic gold
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Mothers are receiving their due recognition in the development of Olympians. Check out P&G’s portrayal of a famous pair: Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Luane Rowe and Codie Grimsey showed what experience brings to the table at the 20th annual Flowers Sea Swim. They swam straight and managed the oncoming currents and slight chop best like local marine life. “It was fun, but it was choppy. It was actually more fun and interesting because it was challenging,” said ubiquitous
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