Top photo shows Spyridon Gianniotis, the Greek 36-year-old silver medalist in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games courtesy of Elias Lefas. Lower photo shows swimmers in the Santorini Experience on Santorini Island in Greece, also courtesy of Elias Lefas.
Courtesy of Newsports.eu., Huntington Beach, California. The second annual Santorini Experience returns to Greece on October 7th-9th. The swimming and running wellness event includes open water swimming from the volcano to the old port of Fira under the direction of open water swimming coach and Technical Director Nikos Gemelos. Greece's most
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Santorini Experience is a joint running and sea swimming event on Santorini Island in the Cyclades Group of Islands in Greece. The event includes a 1.5 km swim designed by Greek national team coach Nikos Gemelos and 1 km + 5 km + 10 km + 15 km runs in October. People swim from the volcano on
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Of all the various aquatic national teams around the world, the Hellenic Swimming Federation (Greece) is undeniably focused on its open water swimming discipline. Greece sent 28 athletes to the 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships this week in Berlin, Germany. Of those 28 athletes include, 9 for pool
If there were an opportunity to magically create the perfect male open water swimmer, what would be involved? The swimmer would be able to swim well in cold water, warm water, rough water, tranquil water, in the night and under the tropical sun. He could excel in both short ocean swims with heavy surf and in long marathon swims across channels. They could
Olympian Ous Mellouli of Tunisia was training this morning with English Channel record holder Trent Grimsey and other world champions like 10 km and 25 km world champion Valerio Cleri and 5 km team pursuit gold medalist Ashley Twichell at the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo pool in Rio de Janeiro. On the pool deck at one of Brazil's richest fútbol clubs and
Spyridon Gianniotis wrapped up his overall series victory in the 2012 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup with a convincing victory in Shantou, China over the weekend. Just north of Hong Kong, the 2011 world champion proved the class of the field and the class of the season in the warm (24.5 degrees C) lake temperatures. While he may have been
As one of the Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorites, Greece's Spyros Gianniotis is cool, calm and collected. But his parents are nervous. His father is Greek, but his mother is English. "It is going to be Spyros and Thomas [Lurz]," quietly predicts his mother ... as do other pundits. "It's going to be a tough race and they have to be on. I
Fast, flat and furious. Tough, tactical and tricky. Easy-to-see, easy-to-get-to and easy-to-understand. That pretty much sums up the Olympic marathon swimming course for the athletes, coaches and spectators at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Why fast, flat and furious? The course is held on the home venue of the Serpentine Swimming Club in Hyde Park in
The 25 finalists in the men's Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2012 Olympics are good-looking, seriously-minded, hard-working individuals from 23 countries on 5 continents. They define the word Olympic hero with their athletic talents, chiseled features, handsome countenance and personable charisma. The 25 macho ambassadors of the sport are quick to
