Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco won her second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix victory of the season with a comfortable win in Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. Franco won her first race of the season in Argentina at the Maratón Internacional Aguas Abiertas Villa Urquiza - Paraná and followed it up with a victory in the 33 km
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sharon van Rouwendaal continues to build up all kinds of racing experience as she heads to the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia, touted as one of the pre-race favorites. Van Rouwendaal won the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Cozumel this weekend over Alice Franco who was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The opening stage of the 2015 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit was dominated by the Italian team that capture first and second on the men's side and first and third on the women's side. Mario Sanzullo and Alice Franco took the top spot on the podium with an Italian sweep. The 25 km Maratón
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guillermo Bértola (Argentina), Sarah Bosslet (Germany), Alice Franco (Italy), and Chip Peterson (U.S.A.) talk about the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) event on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the water temperature nearing 16ºC, the 3,600 participants of the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro are getting ready for a cold one today in Copacabana Beach. Alice Franco says, "Yes, it is cold, but this is a great competition and the sun is
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The elite athletes participating in the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) in Brazil this week were practicing in an outdoor pool with outstanding panoramic views. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, and site of pools with sights of
24-year-old Alice Franco is a professional marathon swimmer. Her goal? To compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She has been training for years, long sessions in the pool like Odysseus in Homer's famous poem Odyssey. She knows nothing will come easy and the ultimate of commitment and courage will be necessary to make the Olympics. So she has a
24-year-old Alice Franco knows she has a long road ahead of her. Her goal? To compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She has been training for years, long hard sessions in the pool along with dryland training. "I used to swim the 200 butterfly, 400 medley, 800 freestyle…all the long events. Then I did a 3 km time trial in the pool and some open water
Ashley Twichell of the U.S.A. stayed just slightly ahead of Italy’s Alice Franco and Japan’s Kaoru Yamanaka in today’s 4 km ocean race on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “The weather is so beautiful today, especially after a few days of rain,” said the King and Queen of the Sea (Desafio Rei e Rainha do Mar) defending champion. “I felt good and
Valerio Cleri was charging in fast, but just ran out of room in today's 1 km grid race on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. He and teammate Alice Franco finished second to the victorious Brazilian team of Samuel de Bona and Poliana Okimoto. But Cleri came to Brazil to win as he said in today's press conference, "We are looking forward to Sunday's race
