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Ana Marcela Cunha, From 2008 To 2020 Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. At the inaugural Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 15-year-old Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil was the youngest swimmer. Her competitiveness helped her finish fifth and launch a decade-long dominance in the sport of professional marathon swimming, winning […]
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Haley Anderson, America’s Three-peat Olympic Swimmer Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, South Korea. For most of her teenage and adult life, American Haley Anderson has been dreaming and training to compete in the Olympics. She is completely dedicated to realizing her dreams. And now she has accomplished a three-peat. After her silver medal performance at the
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Ashley Twichell Realizes Her Olympic Dream Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, South Korea. Sixth place never seemed so good – or such a relief – for American Ashley Twichell. She has won world championship races. She has won multiple national titles in the pool and open water. She has won many medals on top podiums during
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IM An Olympian: Lara Grangeon Styling Towards Tokyo Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Ask 100 swimming observers and no one would have predicted that Lara Grangeon would have become an Olympian today. Or that the 27-year-old would have finished so close to a podium finish in the most pressure-packed race of her life. But
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Nothing Great Is Easy For Sharon van Rouwendaal Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Sharon van Rouwendaal qualified for her third straight Olympic Games, but it was not easy. The reigning Olympic 10 km champion wrote on her Facebook page, “I knew it was going to be a really hard race, especially after a troubled
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Nicolas Knap Across The Strait Of Gibraltar Courtesy of Asociación Cruce a Nado del Estrecho de Gibraltar, and Ben Walsh, Spain – Morocco. After a 14-year absence from the swimming scene, Nicolas Knap has returned to the open water. The swimmer from Québec City was a member of the French national open water swimming team from
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Aurélie Muller Making Her Comebacks Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangyu, South Korea. Aurélie Muller is a 29-year-old professional marathon swimmer originally from Sarreguemines, France. The two-time Olympian and world champion has been training the last few years under renowned coach Philippe Lucas at Cercle des Nageurs Narbonnais. Since winning both the both 400m and 1500m freestyle events at the 2006 European Junior Championships
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FINA World Championships 5 km Men’s Start List Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, Korea. The race among the men who will compete in the opening 5 km race in Yeosu Expo Ocean Park at the 2019 FINA World Championships is wide open. Most of the top men, with exceptions like Kristof Rasovszky [shown above], have opted
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The Vortex Swim, 300 Nautical Miles Through Ocean Plastics Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean. On June 12th, Ben Lecomte and his escort crew of nine left Oahu, Hawaii to start a 300 nautical mile (555.6 km) solo stage swim called The Vortex Swim through the heart of the Great Pacific
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An Interview With Dale Petranech Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 2010, International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech gave an interview as the IMSHOF Honorary Secretary. He passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer. At that time, Petranech oversaw an international selection committee that
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