Mum’s The Word In The Open Water
Mothers are receiving their due recognition in the development of Olympians. Check out P&G’s portrayal of a famous pair: Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Australian Sweep At The Flowers Sea Swim
Luane Rowe and Codie Grimsey showed what experience brings to the table at the 20th annual Flowers Sea Swim. They swam straight and managed the oncoming currents and slight chop best like local marine life. “It was fun, but it was choppy. It was actually more fun and interesting because it was challenging,” said ubiquitous
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See You In London – The Male Olympic Marathon Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Huge packs under a pressure situation led to an all-out every-man-for-himself sprint at the end of the men’s 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Portugal’s Setubal Bay today. But no one could hang onto Oussama Mellouli who proved too quick and strong on his second 10 km
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While The Olympic Marathon Field Is Now Set…
…Thomas Lurz, one of the Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorites with Spyros Gianniotis, is busy training hard back home in Germany: Copyright © 2012 by World Open Water Swimming Associaiton
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Nerves Before the Olympic Qualification Race
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Great Britain’s Sam Greetham, head referee and FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member, addresses the 61 nervous athletes before the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier begins on Sunday in Setubal Bay, Portugal. The 25 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finalists for London are still being sorted out hours after
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454 Days For A Dock. How Many Days For Ben Lecomte?
The massive tsunami rocked northern Japan on March 11th 2011. After a 454-day journey across the Pacific Ocean, a dock washed ashore on Agate Beach in Oregon. Innumerable household items, commercial good and industrial products are currently drifting across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean. The first bits of debris have landed in North
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Open Water Swimming Olympians To Be Crowned Today
The women’s 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier will be held today in Portugal’s Setubal Bay at 4 pm Portugal time (or 8 am Los Angeles time, 9 am Denver time, 10 am Mexico City, 11 am New York time, 5 pm Amsterdam / Cape Town time, 11 pm Beijing / Kuala Lumpur time,
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Shift To The Right But Don’t Fall In The Open Water
When the pro marathon swimmers come screaming down along the feeding stations in Setubal Bay, Portugal at today and tomorrow’s FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal, their coaches will be right at their side. Photo by FINA. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Aloha…Landmarks Seen By A Swimmer From Hawaii
Channel swimmer Michael Miller has seen his share of landmarks during the course of his open water swimming travels around the world. “First, the natural one…the sunrise over Molokai while swimming from Molokai to Oahu. It was very unforgettable. [On the opposite side of the Molokai Channel], the outline of Diamond Head on same swim
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Irish Luck Needed In The Oceans Seven Next Week
Stephen Redmond is flying from Ireland to Hokkaido, Japan today with his trusty team of four. He will set off sometime this coming week on his assault of the 7th and final swim of the Oceans Seven – the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan. Admittedly nervous about the language barriers and cold water, Redmond most
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