Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the International Olympic Committee approved the 10 km marathon swim in 2005 for its inaugural 10 km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the IOC and FINA put its stamp on the expected formula for all future 10 km marathon swims: * A rectangular course would be placed in a rowing basin. *
Swim Caps On Professional Marathon Swimmers Courtesy of Maxime Lamontagne, lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. Maxime Lamontagne takes many fascinating - and interestingly subtle - photographs. His recent work at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 10 km race at the 2019 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean held in Quebec, Canada on July 21st offered
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many open water swims offer colored swim caps in order to identify swimmers in the water and almost all open water swims write or adhere race numbers on each swimmer in order to help keep track their times and finish positions. POQ Swim offers to combine these functions with numbered swim caps. POQ Swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mizuno Corporation offered colored, number-stamped swim caps to the athletes of the 2014 Japan Open Water Swimming Championships in Tateyama. The numbered swim caps are quite easy to see in the water, especially for the race officials, coaches, media and turn judges. The men all wore blue-colored caps and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of swim caps available for competitive pool swimmers, open water swimmers, marathon swimmers, and triathletes. While 99% of swimmers use standard latex or silicone swim caps, Headcovers Unlimited offers a vast range of swim caps for the competitive swimmer, the recreational athlete and
Ten Big Ideas for the future Open Water Swimming, predicted in 2013 by the World Open Water Swimming Association
