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Commentary on 25K FINA World Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The open water events at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China had everything – dramatic races, incredibly tactical racing, photo finishes and humble champions who gave credit to their equally valiant competitors. Twenty well-conditioned athletes who all strategically swam their races […]
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There is cold and then there is freezing. The Speedo Ice Swim Africa is a freezing swim, by definition. The Speedo Ice Swim Africa requires swimmers to complete a mile in water 5 degrees C or less. 16 extreme athletes successfully completed their ice swim in the 5 degree C water in an altitude of
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Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) 5:29:22.9 Angela Maurer (GER) 5:29:25.0 Alice Franco (ITA) 5:29:30.8 Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) 5:29:35.6 Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 5:29:36.2 Anna Uvarova (RUS) 5:29:38.9 Celia Barrot (FRA) 5:29:40.8 Margarita Dominguez (ESP) 5:29:42.0 Silvie Rybarova (CZE) 5:29:51.3 Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 5:29:58.7 Maria Bulakhova (RUS) 5:34:21.2 Karla Sitic (CRO) 5:37:49.8 Esther Nunuz (ESP) 5:38:09.6 Tash Harrison
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Official OMEGA Timing Results for Men’s 25K World Championship Open Water Swim Petar Stoychev (BUL) 5:10:39.8 Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) 5:11:15.6 Csaba Gercsak (HUN) 5:11:18.1 Francisco Jose Hervas Jodar (ESP) 5:11:20.4 Trent Grimsey (AUS) 5:11:28.2 Allan Do Carmo (BRA) 5:11:32.2 Vasily Boykov (RUS) 5:11:36.3 Joanes Hedel (FRA) 5:13:03.1 Yuriy Kudinov (KAZ) 5:13:08.6 Libor Smolka (CZE) 5:13:20.1
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MEN’S 5K OFFICIAL RESULTS 1. Thomas Lurz (GER) 56:16.6 2. Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) 56:17.4 3. Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) 56:18.5 4. Nicola Bolzonello (ITA) 56:24.3 5. Andrew Gemmell (USA) 56:24.8 6. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) 56:26.0 7. Damien Cattin Vidal (FRA) 56:27.4 8. Chris Bryan (IRL) 56:28.0 9. Simone Ruffini (ITA) 56:29.0 10. Csaba Gercsak (HUN) 56:30.1
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WOMEN’S 5K OFFICIAL RESULTS 1. Swann Oberson (SUI) 1:00:39.7 2. Aurelie Muller (FRA) 1:00:40.1 3. Ashley Twichell (USA) 1:00:40.2 4. Rachele Bruni (ITA) 1:00:42.2 5. Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS) 1:00:44.1 6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:00:46.7 7. Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) 1:00:46.7 8. Danielle De Francesco (AUS) 1:00:46.8 9. Cara Baker (NZL) 1:00:47.3 10. Jana Pechanova (CZE)
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Ram Barkai will appear as a superhuman in a globally syndicated documentary TV series by the legendary creator of the X-men, Stan Lee. Lee’s TV show, Stan Lee’s Superhumans, seeks out individuals with extraordinary physical or mental abilities and identified Ram Barkai as a focus of an upcoming episode. Barkai is the CEO of financial
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European Open Water Swimming posted the following information on its website: Swimmer Linsy Heister won’t defend her world title in Shanghai on the 25 km open water. Coach Marcel Wouda pulled the 23-year-old from Eindhoven Thursday back. According to the coach, it is medically irresponsible to swim the longest distance at a water temperature of
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