The Impact Of Cool Waters Of The Serpentine At The Olympics
Simon Hart of the Telegraph Newspaper reported that Keri-Anne Payne‘s main rivals at the 2012 London Olympics 10K marathon swim will be Larisa Ilchenko, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, and Martina Grimaldi (shown on left), the 10K world champion.Those are three great selections for medal hopefuls, although Martina may have the upper hand if the water in Hyde Park’s Serpentine is a bit cooler than usual.
The influence of cooler waters on the elite swimmers is partly explained below by six-time 5K world champion Thomas Lurz. It will certainly be interesting to see how the elite athletes adapt to the cooler waters of the Serpentine in August 13-14, 2012 at the Olympics. They seemed to adapt well to the very warm water and humid conditions at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, so the opposite will most likely be the case, too in London.
Video courtesy by Shelley Taylor-Smith.
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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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