The Faces And Emotions Of Open Water Swimmers Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers and triathletes come in all different sizes, shapes and ages. Their abilities range from novices to pros. And their outlook, fears and perspectives, especially before a race, are usually quite evident, clearly written all over their
Records Meant To Be Broken Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The worlds of competitive pool swimming and open water swimming are different in a variety of ways regarding the subject of world records. World records in the pool are governed by FINA and are limited to strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, individual medley),
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Merle Liivand, an Estonian pool and open water swimmer, and Alexander Studzinski, a long-time professional marathon swimmer, modeling the colorful swimwear of Deutscher Schwimmverband, FINIS announced it became a sponsor of the DSV (German Swimming Federation). “I am extremely excited about our
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two German swimmers, Beatrix Eisel and Alexander Studzinski were in Hawaii to participate in the Maui Channel Swim and Waikiki Roughwater Swim, but their swims were preceded by a shoreline wedding and part of their honeymoon. They could not help but incorporate the ocean in their wedding. For years, the
Photo and results courtesy of Mike Lewis on behalf of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Australian men dominated the 45th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim again. Although they were pushed by Japanese Yasunari Hirai, at the end of the day, the watermen from Western Australia proved their speed, stamina and ocean knowledge too much. Simon
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alexander Studzinski won the Great Scottish Swim, competing with 2,500 other open water swimmers in Loch Lomond yesterday. It was a fitting farewell to the German marathon swimmer who is now off with his fiancé Beatrix Eisel to Hawaii for their wedding before their Maui Channel Swim. Beatrix, a former
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Who are these guys on the beach? They are top open water swimmers from South Africa, Italy, Germany, Argentina, and Brazil who compete in the annual King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar in Portuguese) competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The multi-stage professional and amateur open water swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guanabara Bay is not Copacabana Beach. We find it unfortunate that there are some people in the aquatics world who believe that media reports (e.g., see AP report here) imply or infer that the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim either will be cancelled or should be moved from Rio de Janeiro to other locations. We
Alexander Studzinski and his fellow marathon swimmers are expecting a longer, low race in next week's 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda professional marathon swim in Argentina. The height of the Coronda River can directly affect the course direction, swimmer speed and currents of the river. The official height of the river was 2.8
World open water swimming records are not kept by FINA for various reasons including because of the dynamic nature of open water venues. Competitions over the same distance differ in water conditions and temperature, weather and wind, marine life, the position and number of feeding pontoons, the number of swimmers, the position and number of turn buoys,
