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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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The hoopla surrounding the NYC Swim Manhattan Island Marathon Swim is a huge deal for the marathon swimming community. The competition and the camaraderie helps draw the community together. When people succeed, their family and friends are ecstatic. When they are pulled from the waterways around New York, they are crestfallen. But life and the
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Rodolfo Sanchez finished 58th in today’s men’s 10 km FINA World Championship race, finishing in 2 hours 6 minutes. His impression was echoed among the entire field from top to bottom. “The race was so hard.” But Sanchez was greatly appreciative of the opportunity. “Swimming with these awesome swimmers was well worth it. It was
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The Dutch team knew Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands was ooooohhhhhhhh soooooo close to a medal. He finished sixth in the world’s 10 km championships, only 1.1 seconds behind bronze medalist and Olympic champion Ous Mellouli. His coach, Christiaan Sloof, was proud of his young athlete over the 1 hour 49 minute race. “Ferry stuck
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38 solo swimmers and 13 relay teams entered the Willamette River in Sunday’s Portland Bridge Swim. Race director Marisa Frieder saw the change in the ambiance of the event. “We seem to have hit that critical point in numbers. The swimmers made this year’s field a real presence in the river, rather than simply being
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Tomasz Pąchalski announced the BCT Gdynia Marathon 2013, set between August 23rd and 25th from Hel to Gdynia in northern Poland. Last year, professional marathon swimmers Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria and Christine Jennings of the USA won the 2012 version and took home the US$10,000 cash prizes. The August 2013 race will offer US$28,000 in
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Samuel Menegon De Bona enjoyed his highest place ever at a FINA World Championship competition. The young man from Brazil with a perennial wide, warm smile was ecstatic about his 6th place finish and he understood of the mistakes he made in the 5 km race this weekend. “The race was pretty hard. There were
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What is remarkable about the top 3 finishers in the men’s 10 km world championship in Barcelona is how well the old men of the group, gold medalist Spyridon Ginniotis, silver medalist Thomas Lurz, and bronze medalist Oussama Mellouli navigate and strategize throughout the entire race. You can almost sense them thinking, plotting, deliberating on
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66 men from 38 countries stood at the starting line of the 10 km world championship race under the warm 28ºC (82ºF) Spanish sun. Amid an enthusiastic crowd lining the shores and enjoying a stunning summer day in Barcelona, this race was different than the norm for the highest echelon of men. For starters, they
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