Prior Planning Prevents Pirate Protestors
Fortunately, terrorism was averted at the highly successful and dramatic 2012 London Olympic Games. The prior planning of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games was brilliant especially for sports like the marathon swim which was open to the public in a very public venue.But terrorists were not the only individuals who the authorities were looking for.
On the Olympic marathon swimming course, there were two police boat squads with a trained protestor action force who were responsible for removing any protestors, pirate swimmers or attention seekers before, during and after the triathlon races or marathon swims in the Serpentine.
They were outfitted with diving gear and had practiced taking such interlopers out the water and out of the venue as quickly and quietly as possible (via high-speed boats).
Copyright © 2012 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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