Italy Sweeps 5K Open Water at World Champs16 July 2001FUKUOKA, Japan, July 16. ITALY won gold medals today in both the men's and women's 5K open water swims, the only two events contested on the first day of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Luca Baldini and Viola Valli had little difficulty in winning the men's and w...
First World Open Water Champs Begin Today30 October 2000By Phillip Whitten HONOLULU, October 31. COMPETITION begins this morning on Waikiki Beach for the first FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. Some 164 competitors representing 34 nations are expected to compete in the clear blue waters of Waikiki in three official open water events: the 5K (...
US Men Take Two More Gold on Final Day of WUG29 August 2001BEIJING, Aug 29. THE US men won two gold while Japan won all three women's events on the final day of competition at the World University Games in Beijing. The US men took the medley relay in a Games record 3:39.49. Peter Marshall led off the relay with a 54.84, followed by breaststroker David D...
Read more2Simone Ruffini Grabs Men's 25K Open Water Title at 2015 FINA World Championships01 August 2015Simone Ruffini of Italy picked up the men's 25K open water world title at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Ruffini closed out the win with a time of 4:53:10.7. That swim made him the third man from Italy to win an open water world title along with Valerio Cleri (25K in 2009, 10K i...
Keller Takes Silver at World Open Water Champs30 October 2000HONOLULU, October 31. GERMANY'S Peggy Buchse and Russia's Evgueni Bezroutchenko were the winners of the 5 kilometer race, the first event at the First FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, held today at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Buchse won the women's event in one hour, ...