﻿{"id":335573,"date":"2018-11-01T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=335573"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:21:01","slug":"sharon-van-rouwendaal-beams-with-joy-on-swimming-worlds-november-2018-open-water-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sharon-van-rouwendaal-beams-with-joy-on-swimming-worlds-november-2018-open-water-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon van Rouwendaal Beams with Joy on Swimming World&#8217;s November 2018 Open Water Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ON NOVEMBER 2018 COVER OF SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE<\/h2>\n<p>The Netherlands\u2019 <strong>Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> dominated this year\u2019s European Championships, winning three of the four women\u2019s open water races\u20145K, 10K and 5K relay event\u2014and grabbing a silver medal in the 25K. She also competed in six of FINA\u2019s Open Water World Series meets, winning one and turning in three top 4 finishes. With her unmatched success in 2018, the 25-year-old Dutch dynamo was named Swimming World\u2019s Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year for the third time, having also won the award in 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>(See feature, page 16, and other open water stories on pages 20, 22 , 24 and 26.)<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about van Rouwendaal and her many accomplishments, check out the November 2018 issue of\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!\u00a0\u00a0Swimming World subscribers can download this issue in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimming World Vault<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-november-2018-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"335580\" 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Hungary\u2019s Kristof Rasovszky, 21, won his first Male SOY title only a year after making his open water swimming debut at last year\u2019s World Championships.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>020 THE SWIM<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Steven Munatones<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBen Lecomte is attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from Japan to California, which would be the longest swim in history. However, the long-term value of The Swim will be the information and science that will be uncovered.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>022 THE DUTCH CLOSER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Steven Munatones<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWith a furious sprint to the finish, The Netherlands\u2019 Ferry Weertman won this year\u2019s RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay. Only six seconds separated the top five finishers, including the fastest woman, the USA\u2019s Ashley Twichell.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>024 SWIMMING TO HELP FIGHT CANCER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Joseph Salvatore Prezioso<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThis past summer\u2019s Boston Harbor Open Water Swim was one of several swimming-related events sponsored by Swim Across America to raise money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment. Since its founding in June 1987, SAA has raised more than $75 million that has been donated to hospitals throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>026 TWICE THE MAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by David Rieder<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nNot many swimmers are able to do what Jordan Wilimovsky does\u2014and that\u2019s swim both the 1500 meter freestyle in the pool and the 10K Marathon race in open water&#8230;and be successful at both. In fact, in 2016 he became the first American ever to qualify in both pool and open water events at the same Olympics.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">COACHING<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: RAY BUSSARD<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMECHANICS AND MEDICINE IN SWIMMING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Rod Havriluk<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe XIIIth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming (BMS) was held in Japan, Sept. 17-21, at the University of Tsukuba. There were presentations by delegates from 23 countries on a wide range of topics\u2014from learning skills for drowning prevention to technique and training strategies for optimizing performance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>034 DO MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES MAKE BETTER SWIMMERS?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWhile there is no scientific certainty surrounding this question, there is considerable empirical evidence to support it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>037 SPECIAL SETS: JEFFCO 400 IM SETS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>042 Q&amp;A WITH COACH SCOTT TEETERS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>043 HOW THEY TRAIN AARON BUCHANAN AND IRAN ALMEIDA<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TRAINING<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">041 DRYSIDE TRAINING: STROKE AND DISTANCE STRENGTH SERIES\u2014 MID-DISTANCE FREESTYLE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by J.R. Rosania<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">038 GOLDMINDS: ANYONE CAN LEAD!<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Wayne Goldsmith<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAll it really takes to be a great leader on your team is a willingness and a desire to help your teammates be all they can be.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">045 UP &amp; COMERS: GRACE MONAHAN<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Taylor Brien<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">COLUMNS &amp; SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">013 BEYOND THE YARDS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">019 THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">029 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">046 GUTTER TALK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">048 PARTING SHOT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ON NOVEMBER 2018 COVER OF SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE The Netherlands\u2019 Sharon van Rouwendaal dominated this year\u2019s European Championships, winning three of the four women\u2019s open water races\u20145K, 10K and 5K<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":335578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[71925,61684,64032,54417],"class_list":["post-335573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-swimming-world-magazine","tag-november-2018-issue","tag-open-water-issue","tag-open-water-swimmers-of-the-year","tag-swimming-world-magazine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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