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Remembering The Competitive Races Of The King and Queen of the Sea Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Brazil hard, we remember the great races we witnessed for several years at the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) event on Copacabana Beach in Rio […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over 3,700 people participated in the 2015 King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. The start of the women’s 2 km Classic Race is shown above. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 7 teams at the King and Queen of the Sea on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were focused and intense today. They all wanted to win so badly in front of the national television audience of TV Globo. The athletes came out of the water totally
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This morning’s King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) was a race that tested every skill of the world’s fastest open water swimmers: flat-out speed, bodysurfing skills, stamina, strategy, in’s and out’s, beach running, drafting, positioning and pacing. From world champions Ana Marcela Cunha, Chip
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nearly 4,000 participants took part in the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro today. There were so many human interest stories to be told and sights to behold. The photo above shows the start of the women’s
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For more information, visit King and Queen of the Sea on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach in Brasil, site of the Olympic triathlon and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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While the race director may be the most visible and wanted person in the lead-up and organization of an open water race, there are so many more volunteers involved from the lifeguards and sound system engineers to the physicians and goodie bag stuffers…and start/finish helpers, course marshals, body marking crew, race officials, check-in staff, Clerk
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The King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) was memorialized in its 2011 video below. The professional and amateur race drew over 2,000 competitors in a fun-filled event that challenged many this year due to unseasonably cool water temperatures in Rio de Janeiro on the 2016 Rio Olympics marathon swimming course.
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When thousands of people do an open water swim, the start is always exciting to watch. The annual King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha Do Mar) is a 2K and 4K race held on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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