Katie Grimes Nearly Joins Her Open Water Colleagues On The Olympic Podium
In the Olympic 800m freestyle, there were many open water swimmers who competed: Katie Grimes (15, USA) 4th in 8:19.38, 8:17.05 in the preliminary heats
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Kristel Köbrich Makes It Four In Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kristel Köbrich missed the final cut for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim this summer, but she qualified for her fourth Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and will compete in the 800m freestyle for her native Chile. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Why Open Water Swimming Needs Instant Replays & TV
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sports fans love last-second shots and game-ending scores. TV audiences love replays of races that end in photo finishes. Books are written and careers are made centered around great competitions that culminate in a heart-pounding finale. Heroes and legacies are made this way. When athletes are pushed
Kristel Köbrich Schimpl Swims Fast Among Home Crowd
27 men and women competed in the 10 km race at the 2014 South American Games (X Juegos Suramericanos) in Laguna Curauma, a lake in Chile between Viña del Mar and Valparaíso near the coast, on Sunday. Among the home town crowd, Chilean Olympian Kristel Köbrich Schimpl had a dominating swim to take top place on the podium. Silver went to new mother Cecilia
Kristel Köbrich Foregoes 6 Loops For 16 Laps
Kristel Köbrich, who tried to double up in the 800m and 10 km at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is focusing her aerobic talents on the pool for the 2012 London Olympics. The Chilean superstar and crossover athlete heading to her third Olympics is foregoing the 6-loop 10 km marathon swim for the 16-lap 800-meter freestyle. "In those (Beijing) Games we were
