Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sometimes, we really do not understand why open water swimming referees make disqualifications or give yellow cards or red cards. But then when we see such a fragrant violation of basic open water swimming impeding rules like the example above from the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón, we REALLY do not understand
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is not often that newspapers describe scandals in open water swimming events, but when they do, it is big news. At least locally. The newspaper covering the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia published a lengthy article on the controversial second-place tie between Vlodymer Voronko of Ukraine and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is it with Xavier Desharnais this year? The Canadian marathon swimmer tied for first with Tomi Stefanovski at the 60th 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada in July and then he ties for second with Ukrainian Vlodymer Voronko at the 39th 16 km Faros Maratón in Croatia. Close
