Nerves Before the Olympic Qualification Race
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Great Britain’s Sam Greetham, head referee and FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member, addresses the 61 nervous athletes before the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier begins on Sunday in Setubal Bay, Portugal.
The 25 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finalists for London are still being sorted out hours after the finish of the race based on discussions with the national governing bodies and the FINA officials.
Official results to be announced by FINA soon.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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