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After a short break, the participating athletes will then proceed to the beautiful scenario of Victoria, in Seychelles, on May 3.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will then visit Europe, with stops scheduled in Budapest, Hungary, on June 6, and then Setubal, Portugal, on June 13. Lac St-Jean (July 19) and Lac M\u00e9gantic (August 8), will host the Canadian legs of the circuit, before returning to the Old Continent on August 30, in Ohrid (MKD).<\/p>\n<p>The last three events will be held in Asia, with Nantou (TPE) welcoming the open water stars on September 19, and Chun\u2019An (CHN) staging the 10th race of the year on October 16. The final leg of the 2020 Series is scheduled in Hong Kong, China (HKG) on October 25.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series will distribute a total of US$ 680,000 as prize money to the best swimmers in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2019 edition of the circuit, the winners of the Series were <strong>Kristof Rasovszky<\/strong> (HUN) among men, and <strong>Rachele Bruni<\/strong> (ITA) in the women\u2019s category. <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/open-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MORE OPEN WATER NEWS<\/a><i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><b>2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series calendar:<\/b><i><\/p>\n<p><\/i>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rosario (ARG) \u2013 February 8<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doha (QAT) \u2013 February 15<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Victoria (SEY) \u2013 May 3<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Budapest (HUN) \u2013 June 6<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Setubal (POR) \u2013 June 13<br \/>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lac St-Jean (CAN) \u2013 July 19<br \/>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lac M\u00e9gantic (CAN) \u2013 August 8<br \/>\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ohrid (MKD) \u2013 August 30<br \/>\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nantou (TPE) \u2013 September 19<br \/>\n10.\u00a0\u00a0 Chun\u2019An (CHN) \u2013 October 16<br \/>\n11.\u00a0\u00a0 Hong Kong, China (HKG) \u2013 October 25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As open water swimming moves toward the Olympic year, FINA has announced the calendar for the 2020 edition of the FINA Marathon Swim World Series, which includes an 11-leg competition,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":380626,"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":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-water"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Marathon Swim World Series Announces 2020 Schedule<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FINA Marathon Swim World Series Announces 2020 Schedule. 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