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Florian Wellbrock of Germany dominated the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and swam to an unprecedented comfortable victory of Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy
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Anna Olasz of Hungary finished a very close fourth place in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Tokyo Bay.
Anna Olasz Starts So Slowly And Finishes So Quickly Read More »
Kareena Lee of Australia finished third in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Odaiba Marine Park
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Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil wins gold in the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim with Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands second and Kareena Lee of Australia third.
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Syamala Goli completed a 30 km crossing of the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ky Hurst of Australia and Yasu Fukuoka of Japan were once fierce rivals in Olympic marathon swimming. Hurst finished 11th in 2008 in Beijing and 20th in 2012 in London. Fukuoka finished 15th in 2012 in London and 8th in 2016 in Rio. They also competed frequently on the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pablo Fernández Álvarez swam 250 km in 26 hours 36 minutes in a logistically-challenging current-assisted (current-positive) ocean swim in the Gulf Stream. Along the way, he completed the first 100 km in 11 hours 7 minutes, breaking his previous record of 12 hours 21 minutes set in 2019. At 10 am
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez set a world record for the longest ocean swim at 250 km using the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida in 26 hours 36 minutes.
Pablo Fernández Álvarez Swims History’s Longest, Fastest Ocean Swim Read More »
Return of the Kingdom Swim is held on July 23-24 in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont
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Vanesa Garcia has spent 10 years competing in the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series
Ten Years Around The World Started With A Dream By Vanessa Garcia Read More »