Global Media Attention On Open Water Swimmers Explodes
Global Media Attention On Open Water Swimmers Explodes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.The amount of information that is being posted, printed, and published about the Olympic open water swimmers in Rio de Janeiro is stunning in its scope and frequency.
Reporters are covering these open water athletes from a variety of angles: their training, their nutrition, and their lifestyles.
It is great to see such dedicated athletes receive the adulation and attention they deserve.
Olympic 10K Marathon swimmer Yasunari Hirai is shown with with Matheus Trindade, Hidemasa Sano, 10K swimmer Yumi Kida, coach Kazuko Aoki, trainer Reira Hara and Akihiro Kuriki at Santos Football Club in Rio de Janeiro.
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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.
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