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Katie Benoit (nee Kathrin Raymond) is a German-born police officer now living in Colorado who used her swimming skills to make a heroic save when a massive hail storm flooded an intersection near the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs. When a number of people were in danger, Benoit selflessly entered the rising, freezing waters and […]
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Kim Chambers became the 26th person and first New Zealander to successfully cross the length of Lake Tahoe last Sunday, finishing in 15 hours 30 minutes. Faced with an upset stomach early in the swim, the former ballerina still had enough in the tank to power through the lake high up at 6,225 feet (1,897
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Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes Courtesy of WOWSA, Split, Croatia. Last night in a hospital in Split, Croatia, legendary Croatian swimmer Veljko Rogošić passed away at the age of 71. An Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and a shipyard technician by trade, Rogošić nearly always found himself near the
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Keri-Anne Payne and the rest of the finalists in tomorrow’s Olympic marathon swim will not have to worry about Yanqiao Fang of China. Fang, a hard-nosed swimmer known for her physicality who captured fourth in the 10K world championship in 2010, will reportedly be a non-starter. The remaining 24 women’s finalists, loaded with plenty of
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While the women’s Olympic marathon swimming 10km has a clear-cut gold medal favorite in Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain’s sweetheart in the open water, the men’s field is a toss-up. On one side of the elite equation is Thomas Lurz who has reigned at the highest echelon of the sport over the past decade. On this
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Tomorrow at 12 noon GMT in London, the women’s Olympic 10k Marathon Swim will start. And if the Olympic triathlon was any indicator, there will be over 100,000 fans pouring into Hyde Park to watch gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne try to climb upon the Olympic podium. The athletes and their coaches (in kayaks) took
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The venerable American sports magazine Sports Illustrated has pegged him to win the bronze medal on Friday’s Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine. And many people around the world are pulling for America’s Alex Meyer, the former roommate and good friend of Fran Crippen. “What a comeback story this would be, if he wins a
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The coach-athlete relationship is special. A great coach can help an athlete reach their full potential. There are plenty of athletes in the Olympic marathon swimming competition with a special relationship with their coach: Angela Maurer of Germany and partner Nikolai Evseev Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and husband Ricardo Cintra Older brother Stefan Lurz and
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Open Water Source provides information in Italian on the Olympic marathon swim here and on the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame here. Italian Olympic marathon swimmers in 2012 include two serious medal contenders who will be fighting for positions on the podium from the start to the finish: 2-time world marathon swimming champion Valerio
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From the tropics to the temperate zone, Penny Palfrey continues her path to the unprecedented. Even though Palfrey trains in the warm waters of Queensland and just recently recovered from a 41-hour effort in an attempt from Cuba to Florida, she is preparing for the last stage of the Oceans Seven: the North Channel. Palfrey
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