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Hank Wise, A Key Man In Long Beach

https://vimeo.com/295412762Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hank’s 7th Catalina Channel Swim 10.14.18 (https://vimeo.com/295412762) Hank Wise, A Key Man In Long Beach Courtesy of Katie Rowe, Long Beach, California. At the next Long Beach City Council meeting on July 23rd, Hank Wise will be honored by 3rd District Council representative Suzie Price for his […]

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Matt Williams On Summiting Before Swimming The Lake District

Matt Williams On Summiting Before Swimming The Lake District Courtesy of WOWSA, Windermere, UK. Matthew Williams is a British mountaineer, triathlete and English Channel swimmer. Born and grew up in Namibia, he is an investor in renewable energy projects, serving as the Chief Financial Officer of a British renewables investment firm called Blue Energy. He has climbed all

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Florian Wellbrock, Marc-Antoine Olivier Go Mano-a-Mano

Florian Wellbrock, Marc-Antoine Olivier Go Mano-a-Mano Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock won the FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim, a victory that qualified him as the top seed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km race – by the slimmest of margins. The 21-year-old Wellbrock, one

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Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Another World Title

Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Another World Title Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Déjà vu not unsurprisingly struck Ana Marcela Cunha at the FINA World Championships. A day after she qualified for her third Olympics, Ana Marcela Cunha continued her unprecedented versatile World Championship career with a close victory over Aurélie

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Spectacular For Spain: Alberto Martinez Swims To Tokyo

Spectacular For Spain: Alberto Martinez Swims To Tokyo Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. With the sport of open water swimming at an all-time high throughout Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, an Olympic 10 km marathon swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would not be complete without a Spaniard. Alberto Martinez

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Déjà vu: Jordan Wilimovsky Qualifies For a Second Chance

Déjà vu: Jordan Wilimovsky Qualifies For a Second Chance Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Jordan Wilimovsky was the only non-European in the top 10 at the 2020 Olympic 10K qualification race at the 2019 FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim in Gwangju, South Korea.  Surrounded throughout the race by

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