The 2014 FINA 10K world cup series will kick off on February 1, 2014 in Argentina. This year’s series has most of the stops in north America and a total of 3 events in Canada over the 2014 north American summer. Once again the series will conclude in Hong Kong. The 2014 schedule is:
February 1: Viedma, Argentina
April 5: Mazanillo, Mexico
June 28: Setubal, Portugal
July 24: Lac St. Jean, Canada
July 31: Lac Magogg, Canada
August 9: Lac Megantic, Canada
October 4: Hong Kong
The 2014 FINA grand prix series (swims ranging from 10K to 88km) shares some of the same venues as the world cup races
January 26: Rosario, Argentina
February 2: Santa Fe-Coronda, Argentina
February 9: Hernandarias-Parana, Argentina
March 29: Manzanillo, Mexico
July 26 Lac St. Jean, Canada
August 2: Lac Magog, Canada
TBA: Ohrid Lake Macedonia
August 31: Capri-Napoli, Italy
From the FINA website: “In the beginning (between 1997 and 2006), the World Cup included a whole range of long distances. Since 2007, FINA decided to focus the World Cup on the 10km distance only, as a direct consequence of the introduction of the 10km Marathon Swim on the Olympic programme in 2005. The former Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit was therefore “split” in order to create a separate 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup, while races above 10km would then be part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix.”
