Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil went 1-2 in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Chu'an, China, it was an especially sweet victory when teammate Allan Do Carmo barely out-touched German Thomas Lurz to win. For Brazil to sweep any race from now until the Olympic 10K
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As expected, it was a physical battle throughout the men's FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in La Patagones-Viedma (Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim) in Argentina. But less unexpectedly, Simone Ruffini of Italy knocked off fast-charging Allan do Carmo and his Brazilian
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With coach Ricardo Cintra, world champion Poliana Okimoto, coach Fernando Alves Possenti, world champion Ana Marcela Cunha, coach Kiko Klaser, FINA World Cup leader Allan Do Carmo, Diogo Andrade Villarinho, and world championship medalist Samuel de Bona (up close), Brazil has one very fast-swimming national
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
