Open Water Tennis Anyone? Or Just Open Water?
LPFpress.com posted the Best Sports Photos of 2011.This AFP photo by Julien Crosner from the Qatar Open between tennis greats Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer (right) on a floating court in Doha, Qatar surely captured the attention of sports fans.
But the quiet moments savored and experienced by open water swimmers just before or just after they get in or out of the open water provide some great ambiance for sports photos.
Aly Sony of Reuters captured Chile’s Alvaro Trewhela gazing over the 10K course and pondering his 46th-place finish at the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim qualification race at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China.
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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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