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May 9 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Being Waterlogged

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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May 8 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Touched Out by a Giant of a Man, Maarten van der Weijden, Ksenia Popova Win 25K Titles

2008 Men's 25K Open Water World Podium, Maarten van der Weijden at center. 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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May 6 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Little Bit of Everything, 5K Results, Recap

Van der Weijden, Maarten 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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May 5 - FINA World Open Water Championships: FINA Pro Open Water Races in 2009

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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May 4 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Russia Revisited, Hackett Disqualification Report

Vladimir Dyatchin beats David Davies at World Open Water Championships 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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May 3 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Dreams Come True

Larisa Ilchenko 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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May 2 - FINA World Open Water Championships: The Night Before the 10K

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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May 2 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Online Viewing

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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May 1 - FINA World Open Water Championships: The Mother of All Open Water Swims

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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May 1 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Talking Team Strategy

2008 World Open Water Championships 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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May 1 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Starting Positions Drawn

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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April 30 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Pre-Race Swimsuit Check

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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April 30 - FINA World Open Water Championships: Pre-Press Conference Coverage

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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April 30 - FINA World Open Water Championships Around the Corner

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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March 17 - Poliana Okimoto, Thomas Lurz Win Dubai Stop of FINA 10K Marathon World Cup

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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February 19 - Petar Stoychev, Natalya Pankina Win Again in FINA Open Water Grand Prix

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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February 11 - Petar Stoychev, Natalya Pankina Win Second-Straight Titles at FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

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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February 10 - Midmar Mile Takes Place in South Africa

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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