Arianna Bridi Wins FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup Photo courtesy of Deep Blue Media. Rankings courtesy of FINA. Arianna Bridi got to train with her world-class teammates on the Italian national open water team and that constant pressure and workouts helped her develop into this year's FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series champion. She won
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rachele Bruni is one competitive athlete. When she dives into the water, she aims to win. And she often does. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist in Rio won the sprint race held before the La Patagones Viedma, the first race in the 2017 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series. Fernando Ponte of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2016 men's FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup rankings are as follows: 1 Simone Ruffini (ITA) 94 points [shown above] 2 Andreas Waschburger (GER) 90 3 Chip Peterson (USA) 66 4 Damien Cattin Vidal (FRA) 34 5 Diogo Villarinho (BRA) 27 6 Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD) 16 7 Vitaly Khudyakov (KAZ)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The global tour of the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup culminated in Hong Kong, the hometown of Ronnie Wong, the long-time FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee chairman. There was a tense, interesting race-within-a-race at the Hong Kong 10 km marathon swim. Simone Ruffini of Italy was in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The global tour of the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup culminated in Hong Kong in a great race. Coming into the final race, Rachele Bruni of Italy held onto a lead with 66 series points with Poliana Okimoto of Brazil in second with 58 points and Angela Maurer of Germany in third with 49 points.
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
Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Amid 13 Olympians and a large field of 49 competitors, Aurélie Muller proved herself once again against a world-class field at the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates today. She is swimming as well as ever as the reigning world 10 km champion in the lead-up to
Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Amid 13 Olympians and a large field of 81 competitors, Marc Antoine Olivier not only proved himself the class of the field at the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates today, but he also gave an indication that athletes are swimming as fast as they ever have in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christian Reichert won the 2015 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup for the first time in his career. It was a satisfying victory for the 30-year-old from SC Wiesbaden. But he has some big shoes to fill next year. The now-retired Thomas Lurz has represented Germany very well in the first two
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Without a doubt, Brazilian Olympian Allan Do Carmo, American Olympian Jordan Wilivmovsky and British Jack Burnell will be in the lead pack at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games marathon swim next summer. It is even quite within the realm of possibility that the trio will be fighting at the end for a spot on the
