30,000 Reasons for the 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series

Steven Munatones 03/08/2022 open water swimming No Comment

Each FINA Marathon Swim World Series race will have a US$30,000 prize purse: US$15,000 for the women and US$15,000 for the men.

Compared to years past, the professional marathon swimming circuit has shrunk, but the races that remain are in four iconic locations: 2 in salt water and 2 in freshwater:

Leg 1: Setubal, Portugal on May 28th-29th
Leg 2: Paris, France on July 9th-10th
Leg 3: Lac Mégantic, Québec, Canada on August 26th-28th
Leg 4: Eilat, Israel on December 4th-7th

Setúbal Bay, 40 km south from Lisbon, Portugal, has been site of the 2012, 2016 and 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualification races – where many Olympic dreams have come true.

The Pont d’Iéna will be the start of Leg 2 and the site of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Games of the XXXIII Olympiad). The bridge is located on the Seine River, linking the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank.

Leg 3 is a point-to-point 10 km course in Lac-Mégantic, a freshwater lake in Estrie, Québec, Canada.

The final leg is in the Gulf of Eilat on the northern tip of the Red Sea in Israel.

FINA explains the point system, “Competitors earn points throughout the year towards the overall World Series title, with 800 points awarded to first place at an event and descending through by place thereafter. Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Oceane Cassignol of France tied for the title last year while Kristóf Rasovszky was the men’s champion.”

The 19th FINA World Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary where the open water swims will be staged at the end of June:

June 26th: 6 km team relay world championship
June 27th: men’s and women’s 5 km world championship
June 29th: women’s and men’s 10 km world championship
June 30th: men’s and women’s 25 km world championship

The FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships will be staged in Seychelles between September 1st – 4th.

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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.

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