Global Media Attention On Open Water Swimmers Explodes

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

The amount of information that is being posted, printed, and published about the Olympic open water swimmers in Rio de Janeiro is stunning in its scope and frequency.

Reporters are covering these open water athletes from a variety of angles: their training, their nutrition, and their lifestyles.

It is great to see such dedicated athletes receive the adulation and attention they deserve.

Olympic 10K Marathon swimmer Yasunari Hirai is shown with with Matheus Trindade, Hidemasa Sano, 10K swimmer Yumi Kida, coach Kazuko Aoki, trainer Reira Hara and Akihiro Kuriki at Santos Football Club in Rio de Janeiro.

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