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Troubled water
The Keene Sentinel
At the halfway mark, six swimmers had already drawn yellow cards due to physical contact and Russian Larisa Ilchenko, the Beijing 10k gold medalist, ...

Sun, fun in Goguac Mann, Vann overall male, female winners
Battle Creek Enquirer
Lakeview Middle School eighth grader John Vann, 13, was the first to make it back to the finishing line of the traditional open water swim event with a time ...

Swimming in the race is about more than getting wet
Washington Examiner
I swam in another open-water race last weekend, the annual Swim for Life in the Chester River on Maryland's Eastern Shore, an open-water swim that allows ...

Swimming: Baker gets comfortable in the deep end of open water racing
New Zealand Herald
"It is only her third open water swim and the first time she has encountered just how physical it is at this level. "Cara went in hoping she might get a top ...

Disappointed Payne seventh in defence of world open water title
More Than The Games
Like Payne, Russian Olympic champion Larissa Ilchenko fell off the pace and was out of the medals. Elsewhere, Great Britain's Rachael Kelly added 100m ...

Natation: L'Italie à l'honneur à Roberval
Métro Montréal
Le Bulgare Petar Stoychev, «l'éternel» champion de la Traversée internationale du lac Saint-Jean y sera, ainsi que le Québécois Simon Tobin. ...

"Zum Angeln wär's traumhaft"
ZDF Sport
Vor der Freiwasser-WM im kanadischen Roberval spricht der achtmalige Weltmeister Thomas Lurz über die Herausforderung, innerhalb von 14 Tagen eine WM und ...