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The men’s 10K championship race was extraordinarily strategic – and the top 10 proved their open water savvy. With experience comes wisdom in the open water, especially in such a compact course with 68 world-class competitors. And the top 10 were certainly wise men of the open water in Shanghai. Their ages are as follows: […]
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Simply click on the image above to enlarge it or watch the video below. Official Results for the Men’s 10K World Championship Swim: 1. Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) 1:54:24.7 2. Thomas Lurz (GER) 1:54:27.2 3. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) 1:54:31.8 4. Alex Meyer (USA) 1:54:33.1 5. Ky Hurst (AUS) 1:54:33.9 [Read More…] Copyright World Open Water Swimming
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Reporting from Shanghai. These are the results from the women’s FINA World Championship 10K Olympic Qualifier in Shanghai. The top 10 finishers have secured spots in the 2012 London Olympics. 1. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 2:01:58.12. Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 2:01:59.93. Marianna Lymperta (GRE) 2:01:01.84. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 2:01:12.05. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 2:01:12.06. Poliana Okimoto (BRA) 2:01:13.67.
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The Men’s 10K Championship It’s A Clash of the Titans in Open Water Swimming 5 world champions will collide in a marathon swimming clash of the titans today at 9 am Shanghai time. [Read More…]
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Contest Announcement!Open Water Source will be covering today’s Men’s 10K World Championship. Get in with us in our “pick gold, silver & bronze” contest. Send you’re prediction of the top 3 finishers, in order of finish, to: mike@openwatersource.com and you can win a free copy of Steven Munatones’ new book Open Water Swimming. Contest Conditions:Entries
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At the 2011 FINA World Championships, one of the most enduring benefits is watching how much effort, energy and passion the world’s fastest swimmers output during a race. World Open Water Swimming Association is covering these athletes live from Shanghai this week.The athletes, ages 17 – 35, are flat-out gutsy. Open water swimming is their
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Open Water Source is giving away a free SPEEDO AquaBeat MP3 player to the person who tags the most number of photos or comments on the photos from today’s men’s 10K world championship race. The contest will start at 9 am Beijing time and will end 4 hours later at 1 pm Beijing time. Open
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The results are in… Payne wins 10K FINA World Champs and gains a berth for London. The referees said that it was a difficult race with lots of conflicts and contact. Several yellow cards and red cards were given due to the plethora of physical contact. Keri-Anne Payne proved her training and long-range strategy is
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Ten of these 67 men will automatically qualify for the 2012 London Olympics 10K Marathon Swim. The others will qualify at the second qualification race to be held at Setubal Bay in Portugal in June 2012. Guillermo Bertola (ARG)Damian Blaum (ARG)Ky Hurst (AUS)Rhys Mainstone (AUS)Sergit Fesenko (AZE)Brian Ryckeman (BEL)Tom Vangeneugden (BEL)Sam De Bona (BRA)Allan Do
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Reporting from Shanghai The start list for the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships 10K race tomorrow is as follows: Cecilia Biagioli (ARG)Danielle De Francesco (AUS)Melissa Gorman (AUS)Inha Kotsur (AZE)Anastassiya Zhidkova (AZE)Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)Poliana Okimoto (BRA)Zsofi Balazs (CAN)Nadine Williams (CAN)Yanqiao Fang (CHN)Li Xue (CHN)Karla Sitic (CRO)Jana Pechanova (CZE)Silvie Rybarova (CZE)Katia Barros (ECU)Nataly Caldas (ECU)Laila El
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