Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Night and day. The differences between the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course and conditions at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games are significant. Photos from the men's 10 km course in London's Serpentine are compared against the video from the women's 10 km course on Copacabana
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a lot of difficult jobs in the open water swimming world. For example, experience and calm under pressure come into play when escort pilots are trying to stay parallel to a channel swimmer in turbulent conditions, when a coach is trying to keep a marathon swimmer going when they are feeling
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the pressure of competing in the Olympics dawns on the 25 finalists at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the men's race comes down to the final lap, there will be surprises. The old adage in open water swimming, "Expect the Unexpected," will undoubtedly come to the fore. While athletes who train in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many mainstream reporters write about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where subject experts claim that "99% of athletes will be ill" as a result of the poor water conditions in Copacabana Beach during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. These reporters and commentators predict all kinds of problems with the marathon
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At yesterday's grid race at Rio de Janeiro's King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar*), elite athletes had to run in and out of Copacabana Beach. We followed two-time Olympian Poliana Okimoto of Brazil, world championship swimmer Bettina Lorscheitter, FINA World Cup champion Christine Jennings,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Brennan of the USA Today and other reporters and specialists like Professor Kristina Mena, Waterborne Virus Expert at the University of Texas, continue to warn about the "sewage-infested waters" of Rio de Janeiro. "The chance of the Olympic athletes becoming infected, reaching as high as 99%,"
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Beijing's manmade Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in 2008 and in London's manmade Serpentine, the races for gold, silver and bronze were fantastically exciting. Mother Nature's waves, currents, tides and marine life were essentially written out of the equation
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Beijing's manmade Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in 2008 and in London's manmade Serpentine, the races for gold, silver and bronze were fantastically exciting. Mother Nature's waves, currents, tides and marine life were essentially written out of the equation
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the successes of the inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the follow-up success in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the marathon swim is coming to Copacabana Beach for the 2012 Rio Olympics. Former professional marathon swimmer and English Channel
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 human interest stories to be told and sights to behold. The photo above shows the advertisements featuring Chad Ho, Allan do Carmo, Ashley Twichell, and
