He pulled off a brilliantly tactical marathon swim that played to his strengths at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Tunisian 3-time Olympic medalist Oussama Mellouli was apparently ready to ride off into the sunset as one of the greatest long distance freestylers of all time, but it was not to be. In his post-Olympic glory, Mellouli got a little more taste
Frank Flowers will host the always magnificent 21st Annual Flowers One Mile Sea Swim on June 15th with a slew of Olympians participating as well as over $100,000 in gifts and prizes to give away to random winners. But the 2013 version will add races this year with the new Flowers International 5K and 10K Swims to be held on June 17th. The two new races in
Greasing up is the action of putting Vaseline, lanolin, sunscreen or other types of skin lubrication or skin protection on the body, arms, legs and face in preparation for an open water swim or triathlon. Greasing up can be done by the athlete himself or with the help of a coach, friend or competitor. Greasing up is sometimes done with rubber gloves or a
Artists created a whole lotta fun when they decorated fins manufactured by Speedo. Fins may not be acceptable in open water races, channel attempts or marathon swims, but they are sure a whole lotta fun when skin diving in tropical beaches and for just messing around in big surf while body surfing. But fins are also used when doing fast-pace kicking and
3-time Olympic medalist Ous Mellouli of Tunisia won the 2012 Swammy Award for Open Water Swimmer of the Year. SwimSwam's award categories include: Person of the Year, USA Club Team of the Year, Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Performance of the Year, Viral Video of the Year, Record Breaking Performance of the Year, Age Group Swimmers of the Year, Clutch
As 2012 comes to a close, many swimmers take stock of their achievements during the year. Some swimmers, however, will focus a bit more on their failures (real or perceived), missed opportunities, unexpected situations and all kinds of "what if" scenarios. In either case, most swimmers optimistically and ideally consider what is possible in the New Year.
TV Globo broadcast some great videos of victorious Australian Trent Grimsey and his female counterpart on top of the award podium, Ashley Twichell, from the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) competition in Rio de Janeiro. TV Globo also captured some great footage of amateurs and Brazilian Olympian Allan do Carmo as well as the other pro
Lexie Kelly is planning a long weekend a la Ned Denison-style: a double century swim. "We will do our annual 100 x 100s Christmas set at McGaugh Elementary School this Friday, starting with toes in the water at 10 am. The short course yards century swim is as follows but any and all are welcome for some, all, or a modified version:" 1 x 100 1:30, 1 x
Trent Grimsey is the King of the Sea for the third time in three tries. The Australian dynamo continued his run over the elite professional marathon swimming world with a strategic race on nationally televised race on Copacabana beach. Grimsey won the 4 km ocean spectacular in 41:24 over Allan do Carmo of Brazil, largely due to a huge fourth lap [of five
At the press conference for the Desafio Rei e Rainha do Mar, the athletes were asked a number of questions from the Brazilian, Italian and American media. The questions were asked of Ous Mellouli, Trent Grimsey, Valerio Cleri, Alexander Studzinski, Allan do Carmo, Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto. Collectively, these athletes have 9 Olympics, 5
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