Courtesy of Faros Maratón, a a 16 km race from Stari Grad to Faros, Croatia organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation. From row boats to motor boats, Faros Maratón has constantly evolved. Over the last 40 years, Faros has grown from a small provincial marathon swim into a world-class event drawing the international elite. But it is
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sometimes, we really do not understand why open water swimming referees make disqualifications or give yellow cards or red cards. But then when we see such a fragrant violation of basic open water swimming impeding rules like the example above from the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón, we REALLY do not understand
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is not often that newspapers describe scandals in open water swimming events, but when they do, it is big news. At least locally. The newspaper covering the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia published a lengthy article on the controversial second-place tie between Vlodymer Voronko of Ukraine and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Anastasia Krapivina of Russia comfortably won the women's division over local Karla Šitić at the 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia, there was another interesting race within a race. This rivalry was father-daughter style. 44-year-old Dr. Josip Aralica and his 17-year-old daughter Lucija both swam the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is it with Xavier Desharnais this year? The Canadian marathon swimmer tied for first with Tomi Stefanovski at the 60th 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada in July and then he ties for second with Ukrainian Vlodymer Voronko at the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia. Close
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matteo Furlan of Italy won the 39th annual 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia today over Canadian Xavier Desharnais and Ukrainian Vlodymer Voronko who tied for second. 1. Matteo Furlan (Italy) 3:10:15 2. Vlodymer Voronko (Ukraine) 3:11:56 2. Xavier Desharnais (Canada) 3:11:56 4. Mark Deans (Scotland) 3:14:03 5.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is interesting to see open water swimmers smile broadly when the pool they use for training purposes is really long or wavy, preferably both. Conversely, it is also interesting to see open water swimmers smile broadly when the conditions in the open water are very calm and they think the swim goes more
Photo courtesy of American Lexie Kelly and Canadian Xavier Desharnais who are both training in Hvar, Croatia's Hula Hula Beach Club for the upcoming 16 km Faros Maratón this weekend. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nadine and Christine Reichert are one of the many husband-and-wife teams on the global open water swimming circuit. The German pair compete on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional circuits. But Nadine took time to give birth to their first child.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jose Luis Larrosa Chorro is a whirlwind of activity in the open water swimming world. Not only does he own an athletic goods shop called Disseny Sport that caters to pool and open water swimmers, water polo players, triathletes, synchronized swimmers, ballerinas, ice skaters, and gymnasts, but he has also
