Courtesy of Marina Drattseva, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Russian Evgeny Drattsev is working hard to return to the Olympics. After placing fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 10 km swim, he missed qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics. Disappointed, but he did not give up the sport. He kept plugging away and qualified today at the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming
Evgeny Drattsev won the 6th Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic. The 10km professional marathon swim was held in beautiful Lac Mégantic in Québec, Canada. 2008 Olympian Drattsev turned the tables on Christian Reichert who won the traditional 1km sprint race the night before in the 23°C (73°F) water. In contrast to other races on the FINA 10Km
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Spyridon Gianniotis, the world 10 km marathon swimming champion and one of the Olympic gold medal favorites in the marathon swim, was photographed holding the Olympic torch so Greek actress Ino Menegaki can light it during a torch lighting dress rehearsal at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece. While the
In the major international competitions, the goal is a vertical finish where the athletes must touch (not just cross the vertical plane). In the recent FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Eilat, Israel, third place Evgeny Drattsev of Russia perfectly timed his reach up and forward to the finish behind victorious Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece and
10 km world champion Spyridon Gianniotis is living up to his country's gift to the endurance sports world. The Greek champion has won the last three marathon swims he has raced against the world's best and is looking good as the leading gold medal contender for London. His latest victory came in the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Eilat,
Eilat's North beach in Israel will host its first open water competition as part of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit on April 1st. Similar to the upcoming Olympic Marathon Swimming 10 km in London, the Israeli organizers created a six-loop course of a 1.66 kilometer laps. The third of eight stops on the World Cup circuit will be another
VIEDMA, Argentina. In an innovative incentive for the professional marathon swimmers, the organizers of La Patagones Viedma World Cup event in Argentina and the Maratona Aquática Internacional de Santos - Unisanta World Cup event in Brazil combined points from both races and gave the top finishers an extra cash bonus. On the men's side, there were no
VIEDMA, Argentina. Eva Fabian led the 1-2 American finish FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup event in Viedma, Argentina. During a year she is taking time off from Yale University, she is making up some good air mileage and training mileage in the hopes that she makes the USA Olympic team. She improved upon last year's extremely close third-place finish
MEN’S 5K OFFICIAL RESULTS1. Thomas Lurz (GER) 56:16.62. Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) 56:17.43. Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) 56:18.54. Nicola Bolzonello (ITA) 56:24.35. Andrew Gemmell (USA) 56:24.86. Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) 56:26.07. Damien Cattin Vidal (FRA) 56:27.48. Chris Bryan (IRL) 56:28.09. Simone Ruffini (ITA) 56:29.010. Csaba
This past weekend, Evgeny Drattsev of Russia and Eva Fabian of the USA out-swam their competitors (47 from 15 countries) in the new 12K La Patagones Viedma pro marathon race. Swimming in the Negro River, the athletes had the pleasure of competing in the southernmost open water swimming race in the world. Two-time world silver medalist Evgeny (2:33.07)
