Similar to last year when 13 Olympians competed in the world's largest open water race, the Midmar Mile, Olympic medalists are starting to announce their participation in the South Africa classic.Swimming World Magazine's World Open Water Swimmer of the Year and 10K world champion Keri-Anne Payne will return to her country of birth to defend her crown. She
Among an extraordinarily impressive field of outstanding open water swimming heroes, the San Francisco Bay swim of Andrew Smilley from the Cayman Islands just barely out-voted the world record setting relay team of Camlough, Ireland as the 2009 Greatest Open Water Swim of the Year. Out of 9,133 votes cast by fans around the globe, 2,086 individuals voted for
Germany's Thomas Lurz and Great Britain's Keri-Anne Payne won Swimming World Magazine's 2009 Open Water Swimmers of the Year awards. While their performances warranted such honors, it was good to hear that Thomas finished among the top 10 vote-getters in Swimming World's World Swimmers of the Year contest, while other open water swimmers picked up spots in
