Open Water Source provides a plethora of information in English, Spanish, German, Japanese and French on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim to be held on August 9th (women) and 10th (men). Open Water Source has provided a number of perspectives, predictions and information on the athletes, equipment, course, strategies, officiating and tactics used during the
The men's Olympic triathlon today in Hyde Park was a madhouse with some portions of the course crowded with 30-40 people deep. The triathlon had everything pointing to a madhouse: (1) popular British athletes who were serious medal contenders (2) free viewing locations (3) good weather (4) an iconic location Just like gold medalist Alistair Brownlee and
Rick Walker will be a busy coach at the 2012 London Olympics. The former long-time coach of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team, Walker also coaches Mazen Aziz of Egypt (shown on left) and Csaba Gercask of Hungary in college. The 22-year-old Egyptian and his Hungarian teammate, who both represent the Southern Illinois University Salukis
Behind the dominant Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang, two Olympic 10km marathon swim finalists swam quick 1500m times in the preliminary heats in London. Ous Mellouli qualified second in the 1500m in 14:46.23 while Daniel Fogg also qualified for the 1500m final in 14:56.12. The 2008 Tunisian gold medalist will meet his British rivals two more times at
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From the officials and athletes in the Olympic Village and the officials of the Olympic Family, the local (LOCOG) volunteers have caught the Olympic spirit and are as enthusiastic and helpful as can be. But from pool side, there have been some grumblings that were addressed. We think grumblings will be more like rumblings in the Olympic marathon swim. And
Despite the race being broadcast live in 72 countries, most of America was unaware of the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the post-euphoria of the Phelps Phenomenon. But the swimming landscape is much different now. Many sports fans have now heard of the words marathon swimming, channel swimming and open water swimming, but
Acclimatization has never played such a role in Olympic athletics since the 1968 Summer Olympics were held in the high-altitude of Mexico City. But Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina has had her work cut out for her. Training in warm temperatures in extremely warm-water pools (nearing 30°C), Biagioli swam well, finishing fifth in the 2011 World Swimming
With the Olympics getting ready to start in London, Keri-Anne Payne spoke to the Telegraph about jellyfish and the Olympics here. When asked about the perils of open water swimming, she explained about one terrifying experience, "...in Melbourne in 2007 at my first World Championships...in St Kilda just off the beach. There were thousands and thousands of
Erika Villaécija GarcÃa of Spain, a dark horse in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km is poised, primed and prepared to enjoy the races of her life in the 800m pool and 10km open water swims in London. She is as positive as they come. The 27-year-old Olympian from Barcelona told Efe, "I’m calm. Athens were good [Olympic] Games for me. Those in Beijing, on
