Physical, Fast And Furious Expected In The Women’s 5K
In tomorrow’s women’s 5K world championship, there will be plenty of completely fresh swimmers like Danielle De Francesco of Australia, Alice Franco of Italy going up against the women who competed in the 5K and who are hungry for a world championship medal, including Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and Eva Fabian who collided and missed a buoy at the last stages of the 10K race.There are also others like Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain, Yurema Requena of Spain and Ekaterina Seliverstova of Russia who want to get back on the podium and prove themselves among the world’s elite again.
It is going to be a great race – physical and fast. Strategy: go out fast and keep it up until the end.
The start list is as follows:
Bonnie MacDonald (AUS)
Danielle De Francesco (AUS)
Anastasia Zhidkova (AZE)
Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
Zsofia Balazs (CAN)
Karyn Jewel (CAN)
Shi Yu (CHN)
Li Xue (CHN)
Karla Sitic (CRO)
Jana Pechanova (CZE)
Katia Barros Esquivel (ECU)
Nataly Caldas Calle (ECU)
Yurema Requena (ESP)
Ophelie Aspord (FRA)
Cassandra Patten (GBR)
Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)
Nadine Reichert (GER)
Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)
Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
Giorgia Consiglio (ITA)
Alice Franco (ITA)
Odette Saldivar (MEX)
Alejandra Gonzalez (MEX)
Cara Baker (NZL)
Linsy Heister (NED)
Natalie du Toit (RSA)
Mara Bulakhova (RUS)
Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS)
Teja Zupan (SLO)
Olga Beresnyeva (UKR)
Eva Fabian (USA)
Christine Jennings (USA)
Photo shows the finish at the 2009 World Championships with Marianna Lymperta of Greece in the foreground and Ekaterina Seliverstova of Russia in the background.
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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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