News summary of July 23, 2010

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Brian Ryckeman en Manon Lammens geven allebei op wegens de koude
OOSTENDE/BESELARE - Brian Ryckeman en Manon Lammens gaven allebei op tijdens hun wedstrijd op het WK openwaterzwemmen in het Canadese Roberval. ...
 
Kristin Roe on first leg of English Channel attempt
It had been raining at the beginning of her swim, but by 12:45 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), the sun has returned. Kristin Roe began her marathon swim ...
 
OB Remelé schwimmt gegen Lurz
Zum zweiten Mal werden Amateure gegen den mehrfachen Schwimmweltmeister und Olympiamedaillengewinner Thomas Lurz antreten. Mit dabei auch Vertreter des ...
 
Linsy Heister zwemt naar wereldtitel op de 25 km
Daarmee is ze de derde Nederlander die deze prestatie neerzet in het open water zwemmen. Edith van Dijk (2000, 2002, 2003 en 2005) en Maarten van der ...
 
Halifax's Kristin Roe completes 34-km English Channel swim in 17 hours
HALIFAX - Kristin Roe of Halifax has become the first Nova Scotian to successfully swim the English Channel. Roe took 17 hours Thursday to complete the ...
 
Alex Meyer Wins Gold in the 25K at 2010 FINA Open Water World ...
Meyer, who was competing in just his second 25k swim of his life, beat the world 10K and 25K champion Valerio Cleri of Italy in a sprint over the last 50 ...
 
2 Canadians crack top 10 at open water worlds
Alexander Meyer of the US, won the gold in five hours 32 minutes 39 seconds, while Valerio Cleri of Italy, took the silver in 5:32:40 and Petar Stoychev of ...

Marisa Frieder aims to be the first to make the 10.7-mile swim under all 11 ...
She sought out Jon Clark, a well-respected trainer of English Channel and other long-distant swimmers. Clark said he was convinced Frieder had the strength, ...