Omar El Galla Onwards Along The Red Sea Courtesy of WOWSA, Shalateen, Egypt. Omar El Galla does the extreme. The Egyptian cyclist, runner and open water swimmer is challenging himself to unprecedented distances in his native Egypt. He has already cycled 6,500 km around Egypt in 65 days. He recently completed a 1,500 km stage run in 36 days along the
Omar El Galla completed a self-supported swim in Egypt
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA is the world's governing body for swimming and, by far, the most powerful force in the aquatics world. FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) oversees the aquatic disciples for pool swimming, open water swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming, diving and high diving. FINA is run by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the Stroke for Egypt event in the Red Sea, event director Khaled Shalaby stretched a 5 km floating Egyptian flag over the bright blue sea as an expression that Egypt is safe, sunny and a perfect location for aquatic events and profitable investments. There were 2 km, 5 km and 10 km open water events as
