In and Out At The King And Queen Of The Sea
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
At yesterday’s grid race at Rio de Janeiro’s King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar*), elite athletes had to run in and out of Copacabana Beach.
We followed two-time Olympian Poliana Okimoto of Brazil, world championship swimmer Bettina Lorscheitter, FINA World Cup champion Christine Jennings, FINA Grand Prix champion Alice Franco, FINA world junior champion Michele Weber, FINA world 25 km champion and 2-time Olympian Angela Maurer, 2005 FINA world 10 km champion Chip Peterson, World University Games (Universiade) 10 km champion Matteo Furlan, Olympian and world championship medalist Chad Ho, FINA team pursuit champion and FINA World Cup champion Christian Reichert, 2-time Olympian and FINA World Cup champion Allan do Carmo, and FINA world championship medalist Samuel de Bona [see below] as they raced and dolphined in and out of the water.
* The event included over 3,700 participants in a 1 km Sprint swim, 2 km Classic swim, 4 km Challenge swim, 1 km swim + 2.5 km run Beach Biathlon, and a 5 km Beach Run.
Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association 
At yesterday’s grid race at Rio de Janeiro’s King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar*), elite athletes had to run in and out of Copacabana Beach.
We followed two-time Olympian Poliana Okimoto of Brazil, world championship swimmer Bettina Lorscheitter, FINA World Cup champion Christine Jennings, FINA Grand Prix champion Alice Franco, FINA world junior champion Michele Weber, FINA world 25 km champion and 2-time Olympian Angela Maurer, 2005 FINA world 10 km champion Chip Peterson, World University Games (Universiade) 10 km champion Matteo Furlan, Olympian and world championship medalist Chad Ho, FINA team pursuit champion and FINA World Cup champion Christian Reichert, 2-time Olympian and FINA World Cup champion Allan do Carmo, and FINA world championship medalist Samuel de Bona [see below] as they raced and dolphined in and out of the water.
* The event included over 3,700 participants in a 1 km Sprint swim, 2 km Classic swim, 4 km Challenge swim, 1 km swim + 2.5 km run Beach Biathlon, and a 5 km Beach Run.
Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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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