Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
31-year-old veteran professional marathon swimmer Edoardo Stochino who swims for the Polizia of Italy won his second career FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series title by finishing in the top 3 in all three races including the 57 km race in Argentina, the 32 km race in Canada, and the 25 km race in Macedonia.
On February 4th, Stochino finished second in the first FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series 57 km race in Coronda-Santa Fe, Argentina:
Santa Fe – Coronda Top 3 Men:
1. Guillermo Bértola 7 hours 32 minutes 18.9 seconds
2. Edoardo Stochino 7 hours 34 minutes 33.50 seconds
3. Simone Ercoli 7 hours 34 minutes 36.72 seconds
On July 28th, Stochino won the second FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series 32 km race in lac St-Jean in Canada:
Lac St-Jean Top 3 Men:
1. Edoardo Stochino 7 hours 10 minutes 52.7 seconds
2. Xavier Desharnais 7 hours 10 minutes 53.40 seconds
3. Alexander Studzinski 7 hours 10 minutes 59.00 seconds
On August 25th, Stochino finished second in the season-ending FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series 25 km race in Lake Ohrid, Macedonia to wrap up his title:
Lake Ohrid Top 3 Men:
1. Francesco Ghettini 5 hours 13 minutes 59.62 seconds
2. Edoardo Stochino 5 hours 14 minutes 10.72 seconds
3. Andrea Bianchi 5 hours 14 minutes 11.69 seconds
2018 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series Rankings:
1. Edoardo Stochino (Italy) 47 points
2. Guillermo Bértola (Argentina) 29 points
3. Evgenij Pop Acev (Macedonia) 24 points
4. Alexander Studzinski (Germany) 23 points
5. Xavier Desharnais (Canada) 21 points
6. Francesco Ghettini (Italy) 15 points
8. Santiago Enderica (Ecuador) 12 points
8. Aquiles Balaudo (Argentina) 12 points
9. Edouard Lehoux (France) 11 points
10. Joaquin Moreno (Argentina) 10 points
11. Andrea Bianchi (Italy) 9 points
11. Simone Ercoli (Italy) 9 points
11. Aleksandar Ilievski (Macedonia) 9 points
14. Damian Blaum (Argentina) 7 points
14. Chris Deegan (Australia) 7 points
16. Luciano Segurado (Argentina) 6 points
17. Gabriel Pouliot (Canada) 4 points
18. Artur Pedroza (Brazil) 2 points
18. Matias Diaz Hernandez (Argentina) 2 points
18. Arseny Beketov (Bulgaria) 2 points
18. Matias Aguirre (Argentina) 2 points
18. Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 2 points
18. Fausto Emanuel Fausto (Argentina) 2 points
18. Jose Ignacio Ravagna (Argentina) 2 points
His Polizia teammate, Barbara Pozzobon [shown above], won the women’s title on the 2018 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series.
Stochino finished his 2018 marathon swimming season by finishing fourth in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 7 hours 1 minute on September 9th.
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