The men's 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Portugal's Setubal Bay at 4 pm Portugal time (or 8 am Los Angeles time, 9 am Denver time, 10 am Mexico City, 11 am New York time, 5 pm Amsterdam / Cape Town time, 11 pm Beijing / Kuala Lumpur time, 12 midnight Tokyo time, 1 am Brisbane on Sunday). Setubal is essentially a swim-off within a race
When the pro marathon swimmers come screaming down along the feeding stations in Setubal Bay, Portugal at today and tomorrow's FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal, their coaches will be right at their side. Photo by FINA. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
The women's 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier will be held today in Portugal's Setubal Bay at 4 pm Portugal time (or 8 am Los Angeles time, 9 am Denver time, 10 am Mexico City, 11 am New York time, 5 pm Amsterdam / Cape Town time, 11 pm Beijing / Kuala Lumpur time, 12 midnight Tokyo time, 1 am Brisbane on Sunday). Setubal is essentially a
Japanese open water swimmers Yasunari Hirai and Yuto Kobayashi have a lot to face to in this Sunday's 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier. Not only must they finish in the top 15 among 62 other men with similar dreams to qualify for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim, but they must also face each other in an open water swim-off in the survival of
In Portugal's Setubal Bay this Saturday, Japan's Yumi Kida will attempt to become the first Japanese athlete to qualify for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim. A former world championship finalist in the 800m freestyle, the small-but-tenacious Kida has the speed and endurance to finish not only in the top 15 in order to qualify, but also has the potential to
At the upcoming FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setúbal Bay, Portugual, there are dozens of athletes whose road to the Olympics are back stories that exemplify the global nature of the sport of open water swimming. A relative newcomer to the sport from a country with beautiful beaches, Heidi Gan of Malaysia is an example of the hopes and
Haley Anderson, in the middle of hard training, threw down a quick 8:33 in the 800m freestyle at this weekend's Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, California. This was her final tuneup before she heads off to Setúbal Bay, Portugal for the 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier swim on June 9th. Her blazing speed will serve her well in what will
