King Of The Beach Finish
At the hugely successful King of the Beach Challenge (Rei Do Mar Desafio in Portuguese) on Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course, the entire race and finish were exciting to behold.Trent Grimsey is shown in the first photograph crossing the finish line with his competitors in hot pursuit.
Behind Trent, you can see the competitive spirit and effort Chad Ho of South Africa and Filipe Alcantara of Brazil are putting in to capture second place.Truly an outstanding event – for both the pros and amateurs – put on by race directors Pedro Rego Monteiro and Virgilio de Castilho.
Copyright © 2009 by Steven Munatones
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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