El Cruce In Mexico On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Cancún, Mexico. Today's edition of WOWSA Live with co-host Antonio Argüelles interviewed the following guests: * Rafael Hernández, race director of El Cruce in Cancún * René Martínez Saenz, race director of Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest in Chapala, Jalisco * Edna Llorens, race director of Por Ellas
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The next two stages on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup will be held in tropical locations. A new race in New Caledonia will be held on April 18th in the South Pacific followed by a race in Cancún in the Caribbean Sea. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix races in Mexico are always colorful events with a joyful brightness in Cozumel, Cancún, Playa del Carmen, and Cañón del Sumidero. Photo shows the men's start of the 15 km race in Cozumel with the women standing on the pier waiting for their start. Copyright © 2015 by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Albert Einstein said, "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Map maker Daniele Quercia says, "If you think adventure is dangerous. Try the routine." When we swim across Waikiki Bay, along Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands, around Manhattan Island, across the Tsugaru
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few swims around the world that are as tropically beautiful and challenging as El Cruce (see more here). Rafa Hernández has really made El Cruce special. The annual event held in April attracts nearly 800 competitors from 15 to 70 years to its 9.5 km sea swim from Cancún to Isla Mujeres where the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the former Minister of Sport in Bulgaria, talks about his most famous swim: his record-breaking crossing of the English Channel. On the shores of the Caribbean Sea, Stoychev talks about how he was not the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming interviewed one of the world's greatest open water swimmers of all time, Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the former Minister of Sport in Bulgaria. On the shores of the Caribbean Sea in Cancún,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After a thrilling start in Argentina, the world's fastest marathon swimmers are on the beach at the Ocean Maya Royale hotel in Playa del Carmen near Cancún, Mexico. The group of 11 women and 21 men from 15 countries will participate in the third stage of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix on March
Norma Bastidas, a Mexican endurance athlete and mother, is on track during her swim leg to set the world's longest triathlon. Her attempt of a 100-mile (162 km) stage swim, in the Caribbean Sea, a bike of 2,740 miles (4,409 km), and a run of 700 miles (1,126 km) is based on her effort to bring awareness and funds to the scourge of human trafficking.
FINA announced last week that the venue of the upcoming FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event (scheduled for March 29th) and the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race (scheduled for April 5th) had been changed from the west coast of Mexico in Manzanillo to Cancún in the east on the Yucatán Peninsula. There is a 2,353 km distance between Manzanillo
