After the 2012 London Olympic Games, each country's coaches and administrators take stock of the results and then plan again for the next Olympic quadrennial. While Tunisia (Ous Mellouli, gold), Germany (Thomas Lurz, silver), Canada (Richard Weinberger, bronze), Hungary (Eva Risztov, gold), USA (Haley Anderson, silver), and Italy (Martina Grimaldi,
He chased gold medalist Ous Mellouli in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games, but two-time Olympic medalist Thomas Lurz was being chased in the annual 16km Faros Maratón in the Adriatic Sea from Stari Grad to Faros, Croatia. And no one caught him as he completed the 16 km race in 3 hours 12 minutes followed by German teammate Christian Reichert
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fast, very fast, blazing fast. The bar has now been set for the 2016 Rio Olympic quadrennial. Ous Mellouli and Thomas Lurz, the gold and silver medalists in the Olympic marathon swim, swam slightly faster than 1:06 per 100 meters for nearly 1 hour 50 minutes without walls or lane lines. They both swam
Ous Mellouli Wins The Olympic Marathon Swim WOWSA, Serpentine, London. In a brilliant strategy that played to his strengths, Ous Mellouli swam away from the field to capture his second Olympic gold medal in today's Olympic marathon swim in the Serpentine. Thomas Lurz captured the silver with young Richard Weinberger holding off Spyros Gianniotis for the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 25 male finalists in the Olympic marathon swim in Hyde Park tomorrow at 12 noon GMT will line up on the starting pontoon in the following order. When watching the 25 marathon swimmers on television or online, the following numbers will be printed on the athlete's hands, shoulders, and shoulder blades. It
The coach-athlete relationship is special. A great coach can help an athlete reach their full potential. There are plenty of athletes in the Olympic marathon swimming competition with a special relationship with their coach: Angela Maurer of Germany and partner Nikolai Evseev Poliana Okimoto of Brazil and husband Ricardo Cintra Older brother Stefan
While the women's Olympic marathon swimming 10km has a clear-cut gold medal favorite in Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain's sweetheart in the open water, the men's field is a toss-up. On one side of the elite equation is Thomas Lurz who has reigned at the highest echelon of the sport over the past decade. On this side of the competitive ledger, Greece's
Open Water Source provides a plethora of information in English, Spanish, German, Japanese and French on the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim to be held on August 9th (women) and 10th (men). Open Water Source has provided a number of perspectives, predictions and information on the athletes, equipment, course, strategies, officiating and tactics used during the
The Olympic marathon swimming 10km will come down to a final sprint after 9,900 meters of an increasingly grueling pace. 25 women will weed themselves based on a combination of endurance, stamina, positioning, pacing, tactics...and hydration. 25 men will separate themselves due to strength, strategy, speed...and fueling. Hydration and fueling are as
Open Water Source looks at the top male Olympic medal contenders and dark horses for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on August 10th in the Serpentine in Hyde Park. For complete and comprehensive coverage of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on August 9th and 10th, visit here. This is how the top male marathon swimmers are ranked heading into the 2012 London
