Gold Medal Favorite Keri-Anne Payne: Beauty, Brains And Brawn
As the clear-cut gold medal favorite in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km, Keri-Anne Payne faces the weight of Great Britain’s expectations at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Payne possesses the...
View ArticleAussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi… At The London Olympics
Melissa Gorman will hear this Australian cheer over and over again before the start of the Olympic marathon swimming 10km in the Serpentine on August 9th: Leader: “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!” Fans: “Oi!...
View ArticleNo Walls, No Turns, No Worries For Haley Anderson
Haley Anderson is certainly peaking at the right time. After turning in an 8:26 in the 800m freestyle without a full taper at the USA Olympic Swimming Trials, she certainly is showing the world-class...
View ArticleOus Mellouli Is A Game Changer In The Olympic Marathon Swim
Ous Mellouli upped the ante in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km when he qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games. While Europeans won all the open water medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the...
View ArticleOlympics Can Only Expect The Unexpected In London
The excitement leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games is building. There are precious few opportunities for the Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorites to go head-to-head with one another....
View ArticleGerman Consistency in the Open Water
Way back in the pre-Olympic marathon swimming era at the 3rd FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships held in Dubai in 2004, Thomas Lurz was making a name for himself as a 25-year-old world...
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