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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 9. BEING such a well-known and accomplished athlete like Grant Hackett certainly has its ups and downs.
After graciously facing the Australian media to di...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 8. MARK Warkentin learned how difficult it is to touch out a 6 foot 8 inch competitor, especially when the touch pads are elevated a foot above the water surfa...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 6. IN many of the recent media articles about the 2008 World Open Water Championships in Seville, much has been made of the physical contact between the swimme...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 5. AT the race promoter's meeting in Seville prior to the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, FINA announced its 24-race proposed schedule:
Da...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 4. SIMILAR to the women's 10K championship yesterday, a British Olympic pool swimmer led the entire way until a savvy Russian surged at the end to claim th...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 5. STEVEN Munatones has been a busy man for us over in Seville at the FINA World Open Water Championships. Here is his latest batch of updates from the scene,...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 2. AS night settles in Seville before the FINA World Open Water Championships, the athletes run down their checklists one final time for the Olympic 10K qualif...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 2. WE have received plenty of e-mail asking about whether any of the FINA World Open Water Championships will be made available for online viewing.
Today, ...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 1. TWO legendary open water swimmers, who are favored to be in the hunt for medals at the FINA World Open Water Championships, will be racing against 45 tough ...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 1. MANY of the swimmers at the FINA World Open Water Championships spent some of the day working on team strategy.
"At the pool during practice, they w...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, May 1. TODAY, at the FINA World Open Water Championships in Seville, the race course was set as dozens of the world's best open water swimmers, including Grant...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, April 30. IN Seville, at the FINA World Open Water Championships, the race course was open today for the athletes from 41 countries under marvelous weather conditi...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Correspondent
SEVILLE, Spain, April 30. AT today's FINA World Open Water Championships press conference in the historic Seville City Hall, Nory Krutchen, the FINA Bureau Vice President, pr...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 30. WITH the FINA World Open Water Championships just around the corner, as the meet runs May 3-8 in Seville, Spain, FINA just sent out its complete list of participants for the various races.
Next week, swimmers w...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 17. BRAZIL's Poliana Okimoto and Germany's Thomas Lurz claimed the second stage of the FINA 10K Marathon World Cup held this weekend in Dubai.
Okimoto won her second race in a FINA World Cup event wit...
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VIEDMA, Argentina, February 19. FOR the third straight competition, Bulgarian Petar Stoychev and Russian Natalya Pankina walked away with titles in the FINA Open Water Grand Prix.
Stoychev completed the 15K course in 2:42:19.74, while Italians...
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ROSARIO, Argentina, February 11. THIS weekend, Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev and Russia's Natalya Pankina won their second straight titles in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix with victories in the "Maraton Acuatico Internacional C...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, February 10. KWAZULU Natal's Shaun Dias saved the best for last as he held off a strong challenge from Chad Ho to win the men's title in the 14 to 30 years category, at 35th Halfway Telkom Midmar Mile near H...
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