After video-taping the world-class 10K swimmers from Canada, America, Azerbaijan and Egypt from the feeding stations and lead escort boats, The Athlete Village will sponsor a unique panel discussion at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference.
The panel will review, analyze and discuss the swimming technique, racing tactics and strategies utilized by the top swimmers in an effort to uncover and share their open water swimming skills.
7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith and former FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Chairman Sid Cassidy who have witnessed more world-class 10K races that any other individuals on earth will join 2-time world masters open water swimming champion Gerry Rodrigues and others to review and discuss the race footage with Dartfish Analysis Software.
Watch and learn how world championship medalists like Fran Crippen, Andrew Gemmell and Chloe Sutton compete against FINA World Cup medalists like Kirsten Groome, Mazen Aziz and Eva Fabian, NCAA champion Emily Brunemann and 3-time Olympian Sergiy Fesenko.
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.