Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brazil is hot right now, especially with 25-year-old Allan do Carmo and 22-year-old Ana Marcela Cunha standing on top of the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup standings. Together with Poliana Okimoto, Brazilian swimmers are showing the open water swimming investments by Confederação Brasileira de
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Allan do Carmo expressed his heartfelt gratitude to his long-time coach Rogerio Arapiraca of Brazil. Over the last 8 years, the pair have been training and plotting to climb of the heap. Today, their dream was jointly realized as Do Carmo captured his first FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Team Brazil was very impressive in Chun'an, China at last weekend's second-to-last stop on the 2014 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup. Of the 93 swimmers (48 men and 45 women), the Brazilians stood out like they want to at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on Copacobana Beach. Not only did Allan do Carmo
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like his female teammates Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto who reign at the top echelon on the women's marathon swimming world, FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup leader Allan Do Carmo of Brazil put his stamp on the 2014 professional marathon swimming circuit with a definitive and extremely close
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
The 3 km mixed team pursuit event at the 2014 South American Games (X Juegos Suramericanos) in Santiago, Chile had no real surprise at the top of the podium. Brazil, the best performing open water swimming nation at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain last summer, proved its dominance once again with a strong gold medal victory in the 3 km
On and off the shores of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, a made-for-television relay race will be held this weekend on December 15th. The King and Queen of the Sea concept is unusual and unique. In the elite race, a male and female team of professional athletes will each race three
On and off the shores of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, a made-for-television relay race will be held on December 15th. The King and Queen of the Sea concept is unusual and unique. In the elite race, a male and female team of professional athletes will each race three 500m loops in
Thomas Lurz was confirmed as the overall series champion for the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup. After uncharacteristically getting disqualified in the first race of the season, he certainly made up for the red card. Lurz was not happy after receiving the red card in Santos, Brazil to kick-off the 2013 season in January. But the German
Romain Beraud made it close, really close...but like most races this season, Thomas Lurz of Germany pulled out the victory on the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup season. Before the season-ending race in Hong Kong, Thomas Lurz held a sizable point lead over Beraud 92 to 68, but Beraud certainly made it interesting by a fast finish in this
