Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 60th edition of La Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean announced the 24 athletes from 15 countries for its 2014 race. There are two big underlying stories on the 34 km race in Quebec, Canada: Can former water polo player Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia repeat his come-from-behind victory at […]

“Ohhh, I am sore today,” said Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia who won yesterday’s Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. The 42-year-old came out of retirement and surged back from 6 – six! – shoulder surgeries to win the 32 km lake classic over men more than 10 years his junior. “I just

A MARATHON SWIMMING CLASSIC Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia unexpectedly won the 59th edition of the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Québec, Canada today. On the same day that open water senior statesman Thomas Lurz won the world 25 km championship in Barcelona, Stefanovski similarly won one for the old guys in Canada. The