The Stars Are Out In London, Minus One
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The London 10km Marathon Swimming International is this week on August 13th. The tactics that the male and female Olympic 10 km marathon swimmers use a year from now may – or may not – be on display. What is going through the heads of these athletes as they give the course in the Serpentine a test? The race will be interesting for everyone involved – the top athletes, organizers, media and fans, but one hero, Keri-Anne Payne, is obviously missing.
Here are the entered athletes to date:
1. Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
2. Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
3. Melissa Gorman (AUS)
4. Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
5. Jana Pechanova (CZE)
6. Angela Maurer (GER)
7. Swann Oberson (SUI)
8. Erika Villaecija (ESP)
9. Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
10. Yanqiao Fang (CHN)
11. Christine Jennings (USA)
12. Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)
13. Linsy Heister (NED)
14. Xue Li (CHN)
15. Eva Fabian (USA)
16. Ashley Twichell (USA)
17. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HGK)
18. Fiona On Yi Chan (HGK)
19. Rachel Williamson (GBR)
20. Lucy Charles (GBR)
The top men, however, are in full force:
1. Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
2. Thomas Lurz (GER)
3. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)
4. Alex Meyer (USA)
5. Ky Hurst (AUS)
6. Francisco Jose Hervas Jodar (ESP)
7. Julien Sauvage (FRA)
8. Andreas Waschburger (GER)
9. Valerio Cleri (ITA)
10. Antonis Fokaidis (GRE)
11. Zibin Zhang (CHN)
12. Luca Ferretti (ITA)
13. Chris Bryan (IRL)
14. Csaba Gercsak (HUN)
15. Samuel De Bona (BRA)
16. Arseniy Lavrentyev (POR)
17. Marcus Yat Ho Yuen (HGK)
18. Tin Yu Ling (HGK)
19. Yuriy Kudinov (KAZ)
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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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