LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 10. A total 25 swimmers from 11 countries took the plunge in\u00a0the second and longest leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, organised in Hernandarias-Parana (ARG) on February 9.<\/p>\n
Home favourite Pilar Geijo turned the 88km demanding effort in a class of her own, winning the\u00a0women\u2019s event with a comfortable margin in 9h27m28s. The standout swimmer remains unbeaten\u00a0in this race since 2010. Silvie Rybarova (CZE), who finished first in Race 1 a week earlier, picked\u00a0up silver in 9h48m07s while Vicenia Navarro from Venezuela made her Grand Prix podium debut\u00a0with the bronze, clocking 9h51m48s.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s race was won by Russia’s Ivan Afanevich in 9h20m38s, registering his first win of the\u00a0year in the Grand Prix circuit. Mohammed Saleh from Syria, who placed third in this race last\u00a0year, proceeded to win silver in a time of 9h22m42s. Tomi Stefanovski (MKD) completed the\u00a0podium, crossing the finish line at 9h26m55s. These podium appearances are a nice boost for the\u00a0three medallists, who have been regular competitors in the FINA Grand Prix circuit for several\u00a0years.<\/p>\n
FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014 calendar:<\/strong> The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 10. A total 25 swimmers from 11 countries took the plunge in\u00a0the second and longest leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, organised in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":49484,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[28618,28621,823,28620,28619,8209,147,24693,3132,824,17501,28622,8207,800],"class_list":["post-49483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-open-water","tag-grand-prix-motorcycle-racing","tag-ivan-afanevich","tag-lausanne","tag-mohammed-saleh","tag-motorcycle-racing","tag-pilar-geijo","tag-russia","tag-sports","tag-standout-swimmer","tag-switzerland","tag-syria","tag-the-fina-open-water-swimming-grand-prix","tag-tomi-stefanovski","tag-venezuela"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nRace 1: February 2 in Santa Fe-Coronda (ARG, 57km)
\nRace 2: February 9 in Hernandarias-Parana (ARG, 88km)
\nNEXT RACE: March 29 in Manzanillo (MEX, 15km)
\nRace 4: July 26 in Lac St-Jean (CAN, 32km)
\nRace 5: August 2 in Lac Magog (CAN, 34km)
\nRace 6: date TBC in Ohrid Lake (MKD, 33km)
\nRace 7: September 6 in Capri-Napoli (ITA, 36km)<\/p>\n