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The 22-member FINA Bureau met in Dubai on December 12-14, 2010 and made many decisions on a variety of topics for the aquatic disciplines it governs. Among the many decisions decided and announced by the FINA Bureau, two were noteworthy for the sport of open water swimming: 1. Portugal was awarded the bid for the […]
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The inaugural Great Salt Lake Open Water in Utah is held in a unique body of water due to its extremely high salinity.* The Great Salt Lake Open Water is a 1-mile point-to-point swim, perfect for beginners and multi-sport athletes. The longer 8.12-mile swim from Antelope Island to Black Rock Beach is a bit more
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The Spanish town of Navia, site of one of the world’s greatest open water swims that has been going on uninterrupted for 53 years, will expand its events in 2011. Navia has been designated by the European Swimming League (LEN) to host the 2011 European Open Water Swimming Junior Championships. The event is part of
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Entries to the Cadiz Freedom Swim in Cape Town, South Africa are now open. Sign up fast. This year, the organizers are really stepping up and providing a large pot of prize money – for elite swimmers, masters swimmers and relays – at the end of the world’s most extreme cold water competition. The event
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Photos from here and there in the King of the Sea 10K pro invitational race give a picture of what happened on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Chad Ho of South Africa is seen cooling off in a ice bucket after the race on the right. Photo on the left shows the size of
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Tony Trubiano of Montreal was honored by Swimming Canada and presented with the Ken Flippelli Award. “Both Tony has contributed countless hours to Canadian swimming, and we are truly grateful,” said Pierre Lafontaine, CEO and National Coach for Swimming Canada. The Ken Filippelli Award honors an outstanding Canadian official who by way of dedication and
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Allan do Carmo of Brazil, one of the best pro marathon swimmers in the world, tried to make a move on the sand during the latter stages of the King of the Sea (Rei do Mar) race on Copacabana Beach, but the men behind him kept afoot. The entire race was caught by numerous cameras
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One day after Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and Christine Jennings of the USA faced off in the 1 km Grid Sprint and sprinted to a hard-fought finish, the two aquatic warriors faced off again in the 7 km Queen of the Sea (Rainha do Mar in Portuguese) on Copacabana
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Alexander Studzinski of Germany put on a powerful surge over last two loops and held on to win the 2010 King of the Sea (called the Rei do Mar in Portuguese). Alexander beat Luis Arapiraca of Brazil (silver), Chad Ho of South Africa (bronze), Alex Meyer of USA (fourth), Allan do Carmo (fifth) in a
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In a repeat of their close race the day before, Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and Christine Jennings of the USA pushed the pace on the last loop of the 7K Queen of the Sea competition in Copacabana Beach yesterday. Stroke-for-stroke and step-by-step the two women battled throughout until the final few steps where Christine repeated
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