Swimming Inside The Buoys At The Finish
At the latest FINA Bureau meeting in Dubai, a new FINA By-Law governing the approach to the finish at open water competitions:FINA Open Water (Bylaw 9.3.7.4): For all FINA Events, the Finish Approach (OWS 7.1) is part of the course, and swimmers shall remain within the rows of buoys throughout their approach to the finish.
This new ruling was partly based on the controversial finish by Fran Crippen in the 10K race at the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Ostia, Italy where he swam momentarily outside the finish chute. Rai TV shows here won by Thomas Lurz:
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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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