Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The great traditional swimming power of Hungary is seeing some competition from open water swimming upstart Poland. Based on the races in 2014 to date, the shifting towards the next generation of Olympic 10 km marathon swimmers is well underway. But in front of a live television audience, veteran Gergely
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The waters were calm to start off at the LEN Open Water Cup in Eilat. Tranquility continued as the 10 km marathon swim progressed on the beautiful day in the Red Sea along the beaches of Israel. But there was soon to be controversy interrupting the serenity of the sea. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist in
Up-and-coming open water swimming star Andreas Waschburger of Germany put an exclamation mark on his 16th LEN Open Water Cup season. The German swimmer both won the final race of the season of the LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) Open Water Swimming Cup held in the Dove Elbe Rowing Course in Hamburg, Germany and the overall Cup series. The sky-diving
The European Open Water Swimming Cup in Eilat will showcase some great mid-season racing this weekend. While Germany will send its younger team, the British and Russians will be sending their top guns to Israel on May 18th. Keri‐Anne Payne, the 2009 and 2011 world champion and the odds-on favorite in the Olympic marathon swim, is the headliner in one of
