Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christian Reichert of Germany always swims fast in Hong Kong. There is a good reason why he swims so fast in Hong Kong (see explanation above). He twice won the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Hong Kong in 2014 and 2015. He also won the professional New World Harbour Race in Hong Kong
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christian Reichert won the 2015 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup for the first time in his career. It was a satisfying victory for the 30-year-old from SC Wiesbaden. But he has some big shoes to fill next year. The now-retired Thomas Lurz has represented Germany very well in the first two
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Without a doubt, Brazilian Olympian Allan Do Carmo, American Olympian Jordan Wilivmovsky and British Jack Burnell will be in the lead pack at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games marathon swim next summer. It is even quite within the realm of possibility that the trio will be fighting at the end for a spot on the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Without a doubt, Brazilian Olympian Allan Do Carmo, American Olympian Jordan Wilivmovsky and British Jack Burnell will be in the lead pack at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games marathon swim next summer. It is even quite within the realm of possibility that the trio will be fighting at the end for a spot on the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like the actual races on the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit that usually come down to the final sprint and, sometimes, to the final stroke, the 2015 professional circuit will culminate in a very tight race. Anyone of the top 5 swimmers have a shot at taking the title with some outstanding
Interview of Rob Muffels in Kazan at the FINA World Championships. The German team of Christian Reichert and Rob Muffels and Isabelle Härle finished 16 seconds ahead of Team Brazil and Team Netherlands who incredibly swam the 5 km team pursuit loop course in the exact same time. While Muffels and Reichert was focused on pace and navigation, 2016 Olympian
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Germany's Rob Muffels and Christian Reichert pulled their teammate Isabelle Härle) along to win the 2015 FINA World Championships 5 km team pursuit event in 55:14.4. How fast was able to swim in collaboration with her teammates? Consider that Haley Anderson won the women's 5 km race in 58:48.4, but Härle
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The June issue of the Open Water Swimming Magazine has lots of articles on how families come together in the sport of open water swimming. Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters all coming together in various open water swimming venues around the world. Article
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Allan do Carmo [shown above] officially won the series title at the 2014 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup with a close second to Christian Reichert at the FINA season-ending race in Hong Kong today. The race was close as usual and featured the fierce emerging rivalry of Brazil versus Germany within an
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
