Today’s Season-culminating Rangitoto Swim
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Marc-Antoine Olivier Holds Off Field In Fort Myers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marc-Antoine Olivier of France started off in first, kept up a blistering pace, and held off a fast-closing field including Oussama Mellouli, Ferry Weertman, and Alex Meyer to win today’s 5 km race USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida. The final results of top
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Marc-Antoine Olivier Sets Blistering Pace In 5K
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marc-Antoine Olivier of France has pushed the pace – fast – on today’s 5 km race at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida. Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli and America’s Alex Meyer have anchored in at second and third positions, respectively. They can be seen
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Aurélie Muller, Sharon Van Rouwendaal Training Partners, Racing Rivals
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller and Sharon Van Rouwendaal come from different countries (France and the Netherlands), but they train and race together. And their swimming styles appear – at least over the surface of the water – to be remarkably the same [shown above with right hands over the surface of
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Feeding Pressure On Open Water Swimming Coaches
Courtesy of WOWSA at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, Fort Myers, Florida. Where does one stand to feed open water swimmers at the Olympics or World Championships or any one of hundreds of marathon swimming? It is all a matter of personal preference among open water swimmers and coaches. Some athletes prefer
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When Did GPS Start In The Open Water Swimming World?
GPS mapping courtesy of MSF Tracks. Open water swimmers have the benefit of all kinds of global positioning systems and tools: Suunto Ambit3 Sport GPS watch, FINIS Hydro Tracker GPS, Garmin Forerunner 310XT, IOLITE GPS-enabled swim goggles, and myriad other devices. But GPS has not been around too long in the open water swimming world.
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