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It is extremely rare that a highly placed government official, especially a Minister of Sport, is on a feeding station helping hydrate a professional marathon swimmer. But the venerable Petar Stoychev has lived an extraordinarily unusual life. This weekend, Stoychev found himself in Rosario, Argentina where he once competed as an athlete. But this time, […]
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Simone Ercoli won the shortened Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario in Rosario, Argentina over his 3 Italian teammates. The final results of the 7.2 km professional race this past Sunday: 1. Simone Ercoli (Italy) 1:15:08 2. Mario Sanzullo (Italy) 1:15:19 (shown above) 3. Andrea Volpini (Italy) 1:15:28 4. Edoardo Stochino (Italy) 1:15:43 5. Damián
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Gotta like the professional marathon swimmers whose body position remains streamlined and balanced throughout their long swims. No matter what the water conditions, these athletes rarely swallow water when they swim…no matter what the water conditions are. Just look at the wave that is created by the position of the head, mouth and eyes in
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There are certain things that open water swimmers love. The feel of the water – either warm or cold, rough or tranquil. The sun rising or the sun setting. The diving into the ocean to start a swim and the hand touch on the sandy bottom at a start. The view from on top of
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Calm, Cool And Collected In The Gorgeous Galápagos Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bob Placak went on a family vacation to the Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón). “The ocean was so beautiful. These islands are magnificent. With so much wildlife on land and in the turquoise blue waters, the Galápagos are a paradise, especially
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FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur), the English Channel swimming associations, and most other open water swimming organizations and governing bodies have rules that prevent swimmers under the age of 14 to participate in open water swims. That being said, swimmers as young as 5 and 6 participate in short-distance open water swims in lakes
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Germán Vaché reported that the top women in the Maratón Acuático Internacional “Ciudad de Rosario” in Argentina were as follows: 1. Fabiana Lamberti of Italy 2. Anna Mankevich of Russia 3. Vicenia Melissabeth Navarro Romero of Venezuela 4. Dian Levacic (Venezuela) 1:24:29 5. Ayelen Fernandez (Argentina) 1:32:19 6. Victoria Mori (Argentina) 1:36:59 The race was
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Photo of Mario Sanzullo courtesy of Ivan Bianchin at the Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario.
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Jamie Patrick is training hard to swim 90 miles (144.8 km) across Lake Michigan this coming August. He is gradually building up his strength and acclimatization to the effects of long lake swimming…with plans to spend approximately 55 hours swimming constantly in a lake…something no man has yet done in history, although Vicki Keith has
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The last race in the Quini 6 series and the second race on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit is the 88 km (54.6 miles) Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná race. Although it is a downstream river swim, it is technically the longest professional race in the world in terms of distance. Former world champion and
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