At the head of the pack on the next stage of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit, it is going to be quite a chess match where the top competitors will be aiming to outswim and outwit each other. Italy's Simone Ercoli will go up against a trio of his marathon swimming rivals from Argentina, Guillermo Bertola, Damian Blaum, and Luciano Sales
Luciano Sales Rubio of Argentina swam an average of 6.57 kilometers per hour for nearly 10 hours as he pushed a fast pace throughout the 19th annual 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana. The race was held from the city Hernandarias to Paraná, Argentina down the Paraná River. After 9 hours 39 minutes, there was only a single body length
Larisa Ilchenko, the Russian Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion was renowned for her signature move, The Ilchenko. The Ilchenko is a tactical move where the swimmer drafts expertly throughout the race and then darts ahead near the end. On paper, The Ilchenko seems easy, but in reality it is a skill that is difficult to execute in the dynamic
Like the FINA World Cup race in Brazil, the top men at the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix had a furious fight to the finish at the end of their 8-hour 57K race from Santa Fe to Coronda in Argentina. In a mind-boggling display of flat-out speed at the end of an endurance race that sapped everything out of the combatants, Joanes Hedel of France outlasted
