Nothing Great Is Easy For Sharon van Rouwendaal Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Sharon van Rouwendaal qualified for her third straight Olympic Games, but it was not easy. The reigning Olympic 10 km champion wrote on her Facebook page, "I knew it was going to be a really hard race, especially after a troubled year. During the race, I had a
Xin Xin Wins FINA Marathon Swim Series In Qiandao Lake Courtesy of Colin Hill, Qiandao Lake, Chun'an, China. Under humid, warm water (29°C) conditions, local favorite Xin Xin won the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series 10 km race in Qiandao Lake, Chun'an today. Her time of 2:06.22.6 was faster than second-place Leonie Beck of Germany (2:06.23.4)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Xin Xin nearly stood on the awards podium at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games 10 km marathon swim [see Copacabana Beach course above] as one of the mostly unknowns in the Olympic final. Her fourth place finish in August now looks like a precursor to what the 20-year-old Chinese swimmer can do over the next
