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Ous Mellouli of Tunisia and Eva Risztov of Hungary are the 2012 London Olympics Games marathon swimming champions. Both athletes swam courageous, gutsy swims and they deserve the global accolades coming their way. While they did not swim together, they did swim under similar conditions in nearly identical water temperatures in a carefully marked course […]
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The men’s Olympic marathon swim gold medalists are quite remarkable. First there was Maarten van der Weijden who won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not only was his athletic victory dramatic, so too was his life story. van der Weijden remains the only Olympic gold medalist in history to have captured gold
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With the conclusion of the Olympic marathon swim at the 2012 London Olympic Games, there were several surprises and positive outcomes that resulted. 1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia (1:49:55.1) powered to an Olympic victory, giving Tunisia and Africa its first Olympic marathon swimming gold. His participation is also adequate evidence that open water swimming does
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Oussama Mellouli made two communities happy with his gold medal marathon swim victory in the Serpentine today: his native country of Tunisia and his adopted USC (University of Southern California) family in America. His brilliant strategy throughout the 10,000m swim combined with his powerful strokes on the last two loops led to a dominant victory
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Alyssa Anderson wins a gold medal as part of the American 800m freestyle relay in the Aquatic Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Then her younger sister, Haley Anderson, earns a silver in the 10K marathon swim. It has been a successful Olympics for Team Anderson whose family members traveled from northern California to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 25 male finalists in the Olympic marathon swim in Hyde Park tomorrow at 12 noon GMT will line up on the starting pontoon in the following order. When watching the 25 marathon swimmers on television or online, the following numbers will be printed on the athlete’s hands, shoulders,
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Surprises – some pleasant, some shocking – reigned at the Olympic Marathon Swim in the Serpentine today. 1. Eva Risztov of Hungary (1:57:38.2) turned the tables on Haley Anderson who just touched her out at the Olympic Qualification Race in June – as well as the rest of the elite field in the 20°C water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Haley Anderson, a 20-year-old college senior at the University of Southern California, just missed out on the gold medal by 4 tenths of a second at today’s Olympic marathon swimming 10km in Hyde Park. Outsprinted at the end by Hungary’s Eva Risztov, Haley Anderson played to her strengths and
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The land and on-the-water security will be tight at today’s Olympic marathon swim. Follow the race via tweets here and color commentary by Open Water Source here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Below is the start list for the women’s race. The start positions were randomly drawn at yesterday’s technical meeting. The women will line up at the start in these positions at 12 noon GMT today. Follow insider analysis and color commentary at @openwatersource and Olympic marathon swimming. 1. Angela Maurer (GER) 2. Erika Villaecija (ESP)
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