Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

4e étape de la Coupe du monde des marathons en eau libre FINA – or the FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup at the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean week will be held today with 28 men from 12 countries and 18 women from 8 countries (see start list below).

Defending champions Alexander Studzinski of Germany and Emily Brunemann of the USA, who both comfortably won last year’s race, will have a much more difficult time this year due to the tough, fast, experienced field:

Men’s start list:
*Christian Reichert (GER)
*Alexander Studzinski (GER)
*Andreas Waschburger (GER)
*Luis Rogerio Arapiraca (BRA)
*Victor Colonese (BRA)
*Samuel De Bona (BRA)
*Allan Do Carmo (BRA)
*Diogo Villarinho (BRA)
*Christopher Grimmet‐Norris (USA)
*Juan Martin Pereyra (ARG)
Davy Billiau (BEL)
*David Heron (USA))
*Yoelvis Pedraza (USA)
*Charles Peterson (USA)
*Joanes Hedel (FRA)
*Vitaliy Khudyakov (KAZ)
*Aleksandar Ilievski (MKD)
*Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD)
*Troy Balvert (NZL)
*Kane Radford (NZL)
*Jan Posmourny (CZE)
*Saleh Mohammad (SYR)
*Xavier Desharnais (CAN)
*Eric Hedlin (CAN))
*Nicolas Masse‐Savard (CAN)
*Gabriel Pouliot (CAN)
*Richard Weinberger (CAN)
*Samer Yaghmour (CAN)

Women’s start list:
*Angela Maurer (GER)
*Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
*Gabriela Ferreira (BRA)
*Betina Lorscheitter (BRA)
*Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
*Kristel Kobrich (CHI)
*Karla Sitic (CRO)
*Emily Brunemann (USA)
*Eva Fabian (USA)
*Heidi George (USA)
*Christine Jennings (USA)
*Charlotte Webby (NZL)
*Silvie Rybarova (CZE)
*Jade Dusablon (CAN)
*Heather Maitland (CAN)
*Caitlin Nolan (CAN)
*Léonie Pamerleau (CAN))
*Justine Rhéaume (CAN)
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Upper photo shows podium winners from the 2013Jade Dusablon (left), Emily Brunemann (middle), and Béatrice Pineau (right). Lower photo shows Nicolas Masse-Savard (left), Alexander Studzinski (middle), and Joanes Hedel (right)

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