Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero and Soraya Siviero at the Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande, Brazil. The 3.5 km Travessia de São José do Norte - Rio Grande started 93 years ago and is the oldest open water swimming competition in Brazil. Its 36th edition was won by elite swimmer Samuel de Bona [shown on left]. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chip Peterson and Samuel de Bona came across the finish line of the 2 km Classic Race at the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) together. They spoke about their head-to-head race. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Betina Lorscheitter won the latest Queen of the Sea while her Brazilian national teammate Samuel de Bona won the King of the Sea, a 4 km race in Florianópolis on Santa Catarina Island in Brazil. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Photos courtesy of Soraya Siviero at the Rei e Rainha do Mar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Text courtesy of Vanessa Siviero. Sunday opens the first stage of the Circuito Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) 2015 on Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The largest festival of beach sports in Brazil, the series is part of the World Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With coach Ricardo Cintra, world champion Poliana Okimoto, coach Fernando Alves Possenti, world champion Ana Marcela Cunha, coach Kiko Klaser, FINA World Cup leader Allan Do Carmo, Diogo Andrade Villarinho, and world championship medalist Samuel de Bona (up close), Brazil has one very fast-swimming national
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Answers are below: 1. Just keep swimming. A. Freda Streeter at Dover, England B. Ned Denison during Cork Distance Week in Ireland C. Dory in Finding Nemo (movie) 2. I swim as fast and as hard as I can for as long as I can. A. Richard Weinberger at the FINA World Championships B. Trent Grimsey standing on
As the sport of open water swimming continues to grow exponentially in all corners of the globe, it is always fun to gaze into the crystal ball and guess what might happen over the next year. Here are some of our guesses for 2014: 1. The presence and continued development of Olympic champion Ous Mellouli will push the bar of men's elite open water swimming
Yasunari Hirai of Japan (left), Xavier Desharnais of Canada (middle) and Samuel de Bona of Brazil (right) may be swimming again come 2016 if they qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games marathon swim. As the excitement builds, locals are estimating that the spectators on Copacabana Beach may be north of 300,000 people and possibly as high as 500,000
When the world comes to your backyard and you are up against the world's best athletes in front of your hometown fans, the pressure is on. But the advantages are also there. You have adrenalin, you have fan support, you are familiar with the venue and environment. You have the edge. And when you have the edge and you win, it is a fantastic feeling.
It was a unique competition on the shores of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil today. Each swimmer did three 500m loops of today's King and Queen of the Sea competition. The 3 splits of the first swimmers were as follows: 1. Poliana Okimoto 6:52.52 + 7:03.89 + 7:12.67 2. Keri-Anne Payne 6:53.81 + 6:59.89 + 7:10.00 3. Alice Franco: 6:55.00 +
