World champion Thomas Lurz of Germany and FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup champion Poliana Okimoto of Brazil have committed to the Ocean Racing World Championship Series extravaganza in South Africa.Their participation in the three-part April 2010 professional event in Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth will certainly enhance the profile of the new
FINA will post its 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup schedule and its 2010 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix schedule later today on the FINA open water swimming website. The schedule for the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit, won last year by Thomas Lurz and Poliana Okimoto, includes:1. Santos, Brazil on January 31st2. Viedma,
The Pool Of Pain Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming stars Trent Grimsey of Australia, Chad Ho of South Africa will join the world 5 km and 10 km open water swimming champion Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer several other elite swimmers from Germany, Russia, Australia, South Africa and Canada at the upcoming ultimate distance
Germany's Thomas Lurz and Great Britain's Keri-Anne Payne won Swimming World Magazine's 2009 Open Water Swimmers of the Year awards. While their performances warranted such honors, it was good to hear that Thomas finished among the top 10 vote-getters in Swimming World's World Swimmers of the Year contest, while other open water swimmers picked up spots in
