Arianna Bridi Wins Season-Ending Chun'an Marathon Courtesy of Colin Hill and FINA, Chun'an, China. Arianna Bridi won a close, tough FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race in Chun'an, China on Sunday after 2020 Tokyo Olympians Ana Marcela Cunha, Xin Xin, and Rachele Bruni. Chun'an Female Results: 1. Arianna Bridi (Italy) 2:04:05.44 2. Ana Marcela Cunha
Lead Pack Sprints To Women's 10K World Championship Finish Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Xin Xin led the pack at the very end when it mattered at the 2019 FINA World Championship 10 km race that served as the first qualification swim for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Women's Olympic 10 km Qualification Race Results: Xin Xin (China) 1:54:47.20
Ana Marcela Cunha, From 2008 To 2020 Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. At the inaugural Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 15-year-old Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil was the youngest swimmer. Her competitiveness helped her finish fifth and launch a decade-long dominance in the sport of professional marathon swimming, winning races
Xin Xin Pulls Off Major Upset, Wins 10K FINA World Championship Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Behind the globally known gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal and equally well-known Rachele Bruni, Aurélie Muller and Poliana Okimoto, the top Chinese open water swimmer Xin Xin quietly finished fourth at the 2016 Olympic Games 10 km marathon swim in
Haley Anderson, America's Three-peat Olympic Swimmer Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, South Korea. For most of her teenage and adult life, American Haley Anderson has been dreaming and training to compete in the Olympics. She is completely dedicated to realizing her dreams. And now she has accomplished a three-peat. After her silver medal performance at the
Ashley Twichell Realizes Her Olympic Dream Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, South Korea. Sixth place never seemed so good - or such a relief - for American Ashley Twichell. She has won world championship races. She has won multiple national titles in the pool and open water. She has won many medals on top podiums during her career. But one ultimate goal has
Rachele Bruni Takes Next Big Step Towards Tokyo Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Rachele Bruni smiled brightly, swam fiercely, and made Italy proud by finishing third in the Olympic 10K Marathon Qualification Race at the FINA World Championships today in South Korea. With her bronze medal performance, she will return to the Summer Olympics and will
IM An Olympian: Lara Grangeon Styling Towards Tokyo Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Ask 100 swimming observers and no one would have predicted that Lara Grangeon would have become an Olympian today. Or that the 27-year-old would have finished so close to a podium finish in the most pressure-packed race of her life. But the French swimmer from the
Kareena Lee: 2020 Olympian With A Special Swim Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Australia has a long tradition of great freestyles, from sprinters to distance swimmers. But it has been years since an Australian woman has reigned on top of the global open water swimming world. Every since Melissa Gorman upset reigning Olympic and world champion
German Duo - Finnia Wunram & Leonie Beck - Qualify For 2020 Tokyo Olympics Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Marathon swimming can be seen as a lonely sport, either swimming solo across a channel or among many swimmers in an international competition. But Finnia Wunram and Leonie Beck now have a marathoning teammate to swim and plan
