Manaudou, Hosszu, Rouwendaal and Lurz Win LEN Awards
Earlier this morning LEN announced their swimmer of the year awards…
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier Returning to Setubal, Portugal
Ous Mellouli (above), the defending Olympic champion in the 10km marathon swim, had to come through the last-chance Olympic qualifier meet to get his shot at gold in 2012.
2014 Swammy Awards: Male Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Ferry Weertman
Considering that Weetman was the only swimmer to win multiple medals which included a gold, and two at that, it was fitting that he be named the 2014 Swammy Award recipient for the Open Water Swimmer of the Year.
Dutchman Ferry Weertman Complete 10K Sweep
The Dutch are the early heroes of the 2014 European Championships in Berlin, Germany, and on Thursday morning they picked…
Alex Meyer tops Lurz at the Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
Alex Meyer (USA) took out the men’s race by the slimmest of margin, 27 hundredths of a second, ahead of German great Thomas Lurz. Meyer clocked a 1:55:10.63
Alex Meyer Picks Up Win Over Legendary Lurz at Magog World Cup Stop
American open water swimmer Alex Meyer has been on the verge of a big breakthrough internationally in open water’s premier race,…
Germany wraps 2014 Open Water Swimming Nationals
Germany is home to many great open water swimmers and the past week saw a monumental showing of German swimmers…
Not just Soccer – Brazilians on top in FINA Open Water Swimming World Cup Setubal Portugal
While a lot of the sporting world was focused on Brazil’s last minute win over Chile in the FIFA World Cup,…
Stefan Lurz gets double coaching honors as German national and national junior coach of the year
Lurz was named both National Coach of the Year and Junior Coach of the Year, the first time a German coach has swept both awards in the same year.
Cancun Confirmed – Lurz and Gimalidi take FINA 10K world cup wins
It was known earlier that Italian Martina Grimaldi won yesterday’s open water swimming 10k title at the 2nd stop on…
Grimaldi takes title – Men’s race disputed: FINA Open Water World Cup Cancun, Mexico
The second stop on the FINA open water swimming world cup in Cancun Mexico saw several of the world’s top…
No Spring Break Cancun: USA Open Water Team going full force April 5th
Sure there’s a lot of spring break action going on in Cancun Mexico right now, but next week it will…
2013 Swammy Awards Wrap-Up
We’ve spent the last two weeks honoring the best and brightest of 2013. Here’s the final awards list.
FINA Names Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky 2013 Swimmers of the Year
Ryan Lochte has been named the FINA World Swimmer of the Year for the 2nd time in three years.
2013 Open Water Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award Goes To Thomas Lurz
With an absolutely incredible season, it’s almost a given that Lurz be named the 2013 open water swimmer of the year. ..
