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Based on the global voting of media and administrators who follow the sport, Valerio Cleri was voted FINA’s open water swimming man of the year for 2010. But even though Valerio was the 2010 world 10K champion and the 2009 world 25K champion and 2010 25K silver medalist, he did not qualify for the 2012 […]
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FINA approved a pilot project for the creation of an Athlete’s Biological Passport, the most advanced tool in the fight against doping in sports. The Athlete’s Biological Passport allows the establishment of a longitudinal study and haematological profile on each athlete with the aim of detecting if blood manipulations are done in order to carry
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The members of the International Relay Swim Across The Bering Strait including 45 swimmers from the UK, USA, Canada, China, Czech Republic and Russia. The individuals are all experienced ice- and cold-water swimmers who have trained specifically for extreme conditions – which they will undoubtedly encounter in the 86K across the Bering Strait, first famously
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Over time experts have clearly come to understand the importance of leg strength in distance swimming. Strong powerful kicks were once viewed as the hallmark of great sprinters, while distance swimmers were best served by conserving their energy by using a less vigorous kick (e.g., two beat kicks). This is no longer the case. Although
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The dynamic building for the 2012 London Olympics’ pool events is the Zaha Hadid-designed London Aquatics Centre. The strikingly beautiful complex is monumental and pantheon-like with a distinctive architecture and curved roof, built at an estimated cost of £242m (US$396 million). At world championship events, the selection of the open water swimming venue is usually
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In what can only be described as unbelievable is tomorrow’s attempt by Petar Stoychev to win the 32K Traversee internationale du lac St-Jean for the 11th straight time. With over a decade of dominance in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series, Petar knows that his competitors seem to get younger and hungrier every
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Really Fast Dolphining On Your Side Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are more and more top athletes doing more and more dolphining on their side. It seems to give these competitive swimmers a boost over their competitors, both in the open water (into an onshore finish) and in the pool (off the walls).
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Jack Bright reports from above the Arctic Circle, “For the last two weeks I have been in Petropavlovsk Kamchatski in Russia. I am participating in what will be a historic swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska USA (via Big and Little Diomede Islands). The water
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The TransBay Relay benefit swim for San Francisco Baykeeper will take place on September 10th. This 9-mile relay is the only organized swimming event that spans San Francisco Bay – starting at the Golden Gate, swimming past Alcatraz and Treasure Island, and finishing in Emeryville. Its participants help raise money and awareness for Baykeeper and
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Nacho M. Sela and his colleagues have organized another special edition of the annual Descenso a Nado Ría de Navia this year in Navia, Spain. In 2011, Navia and its river have been designed to host 2011 LEN European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships. The competitions will include a 5K race on August 12th, a
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