The Cold Hard Facts Of Swimming Straight
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With official’s boats looking on and kayakers alongside, no participants took the same line at the 3rd annual 14 km Cold Half marathon swim in Hong Kong.
Race director Doug Woodring tracked each of the 35 athletes from China, the UK, Thailand, the United States and Hong Kong in the Cold Half – the results are above.
James Penrose from the UK was one of the marathon swimmers who competed in the Naturally Buoyant category, slogging through the choppy Stanley Bay that was churned up by 15-20 knot winds.
Harry Wright completed the 10 km marathon swim in 2 hours 49 minutes. Tomorrow, he will attempt to complete the Standard Chartered Marathon run in under 3 hours as part of the Cold Standard race. If he does both the marathon swim and marathon run under 3 hours, he will qualify for the Sub 3 Squared Club.
Follow Wright tomorrow on the live tracker here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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