Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Patrick McKnight thinks big. He made two attempts at climbing Mount Everest in 2014 and 2015, and then turned his focus on completing the fastest Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in history. He accomplished his goal on Monday at the 20 Bridges Circumnavigation of Manhattan when he

Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Tears of joy welled up on the face of the Netherlands’ Sharon Van Rouwendaal soon after she touched the finish panel at today’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The 22-year-old was joyous and, rightly so, for she has

Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. After Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands emphatically slapped the finish pontoon to win the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in a brilliantly courageous race, Aurélie Muller of France and Rachele Bruni of Italy came sprinting down

Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands swam a brilliantly strategic race to win the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The Dutch woman made one major surge with more than 2.5 km to go and she simply kept

Courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Sharon Van Rouwendaal is leading the race on the last lap, but the Brazilians Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto are now charging towards the front along with Xin Xin of China and Rachele Bruni hanging on. But the Dutch woman is looking very good

Courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. There are plenty of support and safety personnel on the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Final race results of the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim are posted here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. After the competitors went through the feeding station, there are beginning to push the pace with Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands in the lead. She appears to be putting in the first major surge in the race. Final race results of the women’s Olympic

Courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The ocean swells on the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim are evident, but the ocean is rather glassy on race day in Copacabana Beach. Final race results of the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim are posted here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of NBCOlympics.com on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. The shape of the pace and the time differential from the lead swimmer to the last swimmer at the 5 km mark is only 14 seconds so this indicates that the first half of the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim is slow…and the second half will