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National team coaches have the opportunity to choose whoever they want to represent their countries in the 5 km team event at the FINA World Championships. Coaches often make that decision based on a number of factors: availability of their swimmers, how they performed in other races, their level of fatigue, and the rest of […]
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Everyone in the car racing, cycling, triathlon, and open water swimming worlds understands and appreciates the value of drafting in competition. But how much is it worth? That is, how much faster can a swimmer travel while drafting in the slipstream of other swimmers in competition? It is one thing to test out and compare
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Brazil’s prospects for a podium position is looking for’s tomorrow’s 5 km team event at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. It is an event that tests the navigational IQ, pacing, drafting, and positioning skills of the world’s fastest open water swimmers. Several national teams look to perform well and earn a spot on
National Teams In The 5K Team Event At Worlds Read More »
Tomorrow is the 5 km team event at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. It is an event that tests the navigational IQ, pacing, drafting, and positioning skills of the world’s fastest open water swimmers. Several national teams look to perform well and earn a spot on the podium. Teams like Germany, Italy, Brazil,
It Changed My Life, Swimming With Yasunari Hirai Read More »
With the sparkling blue water no warmer than 55ºF (12ºC) even in the heat of summer, massive kelp beds, orca whales, and plenty of islands to swim to and around, the idyllic San Juan Islands seem like the perfect playground for hardy ocean-faring athletes like Ned Denison and his friends. Orcas and seals, deer and
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As predicted, the 52 women from 32 countries are wasting are no time. At the start of today’s 10 km world championship race in Barcelona, the women are characteristically efficient, focused, and fast. None perhaps more so than 2-time Olympian Keri-Anne Payne. After marriage, a lay-off, and the disappointment of her fourth place finish in
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If you are going to Swim The Island in Bergeggi, Italy, be prepared for an overload of scenery and challenges. You may encounter calm tranquility on a morning without wind. Or the course and conditions may offer a wonderfully rough stretch of water where the turbulence of the surface waters suddenly become a higher priority
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As predicted, the 52 women from 32 countries are wasting are no time. At the start of today’s 10 km world championship race in Barcelona, the women are characteristically efficient, focused, and fast. None perhaps more so than 2-time Olympian Keri-Anne Payne. After marriage, a lay-off, and the disappointment of her fourth place finish in
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Spanish marathon swimmer Miquel Suñer Comalat has swum around the world, completing channels of the Oceans Seven and the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. But he always returns to Spain for one special event: Swim the Costa Brava. Swim the Costa Brava is a magical event created with the long-term aim of building an
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