A Radical New Plan For The Olympic and Paralympic Games
A radical new plan for scheduling the Tokyo Olympics is proposed in order to expand the global celebration of Olympic sport.
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Thomas Lurz Talks About His Career And Rivals On WOWSA Live
Thomas Lurz Talks About His Career And Rivals On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Two-time Olympic medalist (2008 and 2012) and multiple world champion Thomas Lurz was a renowned hard worker and respected as a gentleman by his competitors. The 40-year-old German open water swimmer covered a number of wide-ranging topics
Thomas Lurz Explains Christmas Day Training On WOWSA Live
Thomas Lurz Explains Christmas Day Training On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Two-time Olympic medalist (2008 and 2012) and multiple world champion Thomas Lurz was not the most physically gifted athlete among the top echelon of professional marathon swimmers, but he may very well been the hardest workers. The
Looking Forward To Olympic Open Water Swimming In 2028 And Beyond
Looking Forward To Olympic Open Water Swimming In 2028 And Beyond Courtesy of WOWSA, Los Angeles, 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
Will Color Come To Tokyo?
Will Color Come To Tokyo? Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. Due to expected high humidity and water temperatures that can approach FINA's maximum upper limits (31°C), there may be more color at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Odaiba Marine Park next July. Tokyo has always been blistering hot and
Records Meant To Be Broken
Records Meant To Be Broken Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The worlds of competitive pool swimming and open water swimming are different in a variety of ways regarding the subject of world records. World records in the pool are governed by FINA and are limited to strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, individual medley),
Ana Marcela Cunha Continues On A Roll
Ana Marcela Cunha Continues On A Roll Courtesy of Colin Hill, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil recently won a record-breaking 22 FINA / CNSG World Marathon Swim World Series races, breaking the previous record held by two-time Olympic medalist Thomas Lurz of Germany. Colin Hill caught up with Ana Marcela and her coach Fernando
Florian Wellbrock Win Balatonfüred, Calls To Mind Lurz
Florian Wellbrock Win Balatonfüred, Calls To Mind Lurz Courtesy of WOWSA, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Florian Wellbrock is on a roll. A victorious roll...again. He comfortably won the Ligue Européenne de Natation World Cup 10 km marathon swim in Gravelines, France on May 31st over a stellar field and then came back yesterday to even more comfortably win the
Battle In Balaton
Battle In Balaton Courtesy of FINA, Lake Balaton, Hungary. With less than two weeks to go before the FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, there are usually around 45 countries represented in the open water swimming discipline among the 180+ national federations that will send representatives to Hungary. Among the 2,300 athletes who will compete in
Is It Fair To Slow When Aging?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We hear all the time how masters swimmers and open water swimmers get better as they age. In contrast to runners, cyclists, triathletes, and athletes from basketball to soccer, many masters swimmers and open water swimmers seem to get better and faster with age. Dara Torres, Cynthia Lewis and Thomas Lurz