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Christine Jennings of Colorado turned the tables on a few of her rivals by winning her second straight FINA 10K World Cup in Roberval, Canada today. In a classic sprint to the finish, Christine overcame world 5K champion Eva Fabian and world 5K championship bronze medalist Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil down the stretch to […]
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A few days after the world championships concluded with many swimmers gone to attend the upcoming European Open Water Swimming Championships, Chip Peterson used his classic open water swimming form and strong kick to top American rivals Fran Crippen and Alex Meyer in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Roberval, Canada today. Chip,
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Simon Hart of the Telegraph Newspaper reported that Keri-Anne Payne‘s main rivals at the 2012 London Olympics 10K marathon swim will be Larisa Ilchenko, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, and Martina Grimaldi (shown on left), the 10K world champion. Those are three great selections for medal hopefuls, although Martina may have the upper hand if
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the August 22nd Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K Marathon Swim special guests, including Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, are scheduled to attend. Cheering along the shoreline in Long Beach’s Marine Stadium, aquatic’s greatest superstars will show their support for their open water swimming teammates. On the women’s side,
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The New York Times reported on the US$14,950 AvidaSwim system that collects, tracks and analyzes real-time information from swimmers while they are training. AvidaSwim has five wireless sensors that are worn on the head, wrists and feet and monitor pace, stroke count and distance per stroke. If the swimmer needs instruction from the coach while
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Last month, Penny Palfrey was named Townsville City Council’s Senior Sportsperson of the Year for the third year straight – another award for the marathon swimmer from Australia who was recently inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Senior, junior or somewhere between, Penny has been outstanding. She was awarded based off of
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Patti Bauernfeind, the world record holder (10:38) for the Lake Tahoe crossing, is attempting a Monterey Bay Swim on August 21st. To date, Cindy Cleveland is the only person to successfully swim the 23 miles (37K) across the Bay – just south of San Francisco – in 1980. The water is cool – 56°F (13°C)
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During the last stages of the 25K world championship race, we were impressed with the last feeding done by both Valerio Cleri and Alex Meyer. At the last feeding station – despite the the fact that the two men had been battling shoulder-to-shoulder for over 5 hours, they had the presence of mind to take
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Liz Rosen of the Fat Salmon Swim in Seattle, Washington took some outstanding photos at this past weekend’s event where 326 swimmers out of 326 participants finished the race under calm conditions. The results of the 1.2-mile and 3.2-mile swims are posted here. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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