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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 26. SOME days after assuring his overall victory in the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup, Germany's Thomas Lurz won the 15km race of Abu Dhabi (UAE) on October 25, the ninth and final leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2009. In the women's event, Anna Uvarova (RUS) conquered her second triumph...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 22. THOMAS Lurz (GER) and Poliana Okimoto (BRA) confirmed their overall victory in the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009 after the two last races of the series, held in Dubai (October 17) and in Sharjah (October 21), both in the United Arab Emirates.
In the latest of these races, Lurz was silver medallist ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 5. AS the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009 moves on to the United Arab Emirates for the final legs, Thomas Lurz (GER) and Poliana Okimoto (BRA) continue to dominate their respective men's and women's fields. Both swimmers swept the three Asian legs, held in Chun An (CHN) on September 20, Shantou (CHN...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, September 28. THE FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009 has moved on to Asia, where China recently staged the eighth and ninth out of twelve races in this year's series. The big 10km winners continue to be world champion Thomas Lurz (GER) in the men's field, and Poliana Okimoto (BRA) among women. Lurz and Okimoto...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, September 25. THE great success of the European swimmers at this year's FINA World Championships in Rome is also expressed in the result of the Continental election for "Athletes of the Year" held annually by "LEN Magazine" on behalf of the European Swimming Federation (LEN).
In seven of nine categorie...
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By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Open Water correspondent
NEW YORK CITY, New York, September 6. AS the sun was setting over the Statue of Liberty, Thomas Lurz of Germany and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil won the New York City stop on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup.
Lurz won his fourth World Cup victory in a row after swimming ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 31. THOMAS Lurz (GER) continued his winning streak over the weekend by taking gold in the sixth leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009, which was held in Copenhagen (DEN) on Saturday, August 29. The winner in the women's field was Poliana Okimoto (BRA). Swimmers had to complete five laps of a very un...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 12. OPEN water world champion Thomas Lurz joins
The Morning Swim Show to talk about his wins in Italy and what lies ahead for him on the open water circuit.
In addition to that interview, host Peter Busch analyzes Missy Franklin's amazing swims at the junior nationals and Jessicah Schipper's world record a...
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TIBURON, California, August 12. FOUNDED in 1999, by Robert C. Placak, a Marin County native and Tiburon resident, The RCP Tiburon Mile Open Water Swim has quickly become known as the most competitive and prestigious open water swim event in the world. Hundreds of swimmers will once again converge upon the Town of Tiburon, California and battle the ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 10. OVER the weekend, the fourth out of 13 stages of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009 series took place on Lake Varna (BUL) on August 8, ending in another victory for Thomas Lurz (GER) among men, while the women's gold is in the hands of Larisa Ilchenko (RUS). This triumph for Lurz follows his two rec...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 7. THIS weekend (August 8), Varna (BUL) will host the next race of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup (MSWC). Meanwhile, in the last few weeks, four big races from both of FINA's two major open water swimming circuits – the FINA 10km MSWC and the FINA Open Water Swimming (OWS) Grand Prix (GP) – took place.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 22. RESULTS from open water swimming, water polo, diving and synchronized swimming highlight today's news segment of
The Morning Swim Show.
Following is a transcript of the show, hosted by Jeff Commings. Click on the button on the right to view the show.
The men's 10K race was won today by Germany's T...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 21. A thrilling platform diving final and information regarding an upcoming reality show highlight today's news segment of
The Morning Swim Show.
Following is a transcript of the show, hosted by Jeff Commings. Click on the button on the right to view the show.
Probably the most anticipated diving final of the...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 29. THE men's winner of Race 2 (Saturday, June 27 at Setubal Bay, POR) of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2009 series was Thomas Lurz (GER) in 1h34m26s. As the holder of the 5km gold and 10km silver from the 2007 FINA World Championships, the 5km gold and the 10km bronze from the 2008 FINA World Open Water ...
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LUXEMBOURG, January 23. YANNICK Lebherz opened the first day of swimming at the long course meter Luxembourg Euro-Meet with a meet record. Lebherz hit the wall in 4:22.35 to break the record in the men's 400 IM. Lukasz Wojt of Poland set the previous standard with a 4:24.69 in 2006.
In other men's action, Greece's Petros Petropoulos...
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Feature by Stefan Lackner
CLEVELAND, Mississippi, October 20. GERMANY's Thomas Lurz is next up in our
Getting to Know series on European swimmers.
Country: Germany
Events: 5K, 10K and 800m free, 1500m free
Birthplace: Wuerzburg
Residence: Wuerzburg
Hobbies: Skateboarding, music, spor...
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By Sid Cassidy
CANCUN, Mexico, October 11. IF there ever was an ideal setting for an open water swimming event, Cancun, Mexico may very well be that place. Isla Mujeres is the tropical paradise picture you'd expect on a postcard. Workers are dismantling the start/finish area in turquoise colored water that grows darker just beyond tha...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 7. TUESDAY'S edition of
The Morning Swim Show features interviews with the winners of Sunday's RCP Tiburon Mile swim.
With the help of event announcers Rowdy Gaines and John Naber, viewers will get to hear comments from men's event winner Trent Grimsey, men's second-pace finisher Thomas Lurz and w...
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