Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero at the Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande, Brazil. The 3.5 km Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande started 93 years ago and is the oldest open water swimming competition in Brazil. Its 36th edition was won by elite swimmer Betina Lorscheitter. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming
Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero at the Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande, Brazil. The 3.5 km Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande started 93 years ago and is the oldest open water swimming competition in Brazil. Its 36th edition was won by elite swimmer Samuel de Bona [shown on left]. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Betina Lorscheitter won the latest Queen of the Sea while her Brazilian national teammate Samuel de Bona won the King of the Sea, a 4 km race in Florianópolis on Santa Catarina Island in Brazil. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Water temperatures rose from 28°C to over 31°C as the pace simultaneously increased at the Rio Negro Challenge Amazonia. The pros just kept on going faster and faster in the largest left tributary of the Amazon River. Gabriela Ferreira of Brazil swam with dolphins, eventually pulling ahead of Esther
Photo and information courtesy of Francismar Siviero of NATAÇÃO Master, Brasil. Betina Lorscheitter of Grêmio Náutico União won the second stage at the 5 km Campeonato Brasileiro de Maratonas Aquáticas in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1 hour 2 minutes. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Photos courtesy of André Antunes of Água Fotografia. Information courtesy of Francismar Siviero. Open water swimmer Betina Lorscheitter of Grêmio Náutico União received a bronze in the 1500m freestyle with a time of 16:53 at the Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto – Troféu Maria Lenk 2015. Maria Lenk holds a special place in the annuals of Brazilian, pool and
Photos courtesy of Soraya Siviero at the Rei e Rainha do Mar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Text courtesy of Vanessa Siviero. Sunday opens the first stage of the Circuito Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) 2015 on Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The largest festival of beach sports in Brazil, the series is part of the World Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nearly 4,000 participants took part in the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro today. There were so many families who took part: mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents. Team [Valerio] Cleri of Italy and Team
Outside the FINA open water swimming circuit, there are a number of high-level, highly competitive open water competitions around the world. Many of these events are held in exotic places in great venues. This week, a number of elite open water swimmers are gathering in Rio de Janeiro to compete at the King and Queen of the Sea competition on the 2016 Rio
The Queen of the Sea (Desafio Rei e Rainha do Mar) is going to have to swim and run - very, very fast - for 5 laps of 850 meters in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on December 16th. The competitors will swim around the 800m loop course and then run 50m up and down the sand on Copacabana Beach 5 times in front of thousands of fans and a live television
