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2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
right The 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center. A total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds: *Saturday, May 3: women's 10K *Sunday, May 4: men's 10K *Tuesday, May 6: women's 5K, men's 5K *Thursday, May 8: women's 25K, men's 25K The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics. Results Team standings The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is: . Published by OmegaTiming.com on 2008-05-08; retrieved 2009-08-15. The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (swimmer)
David Michael Rhys Davies (born 3 March 1985) is a Welsh former competitive swimmer who has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games, and swam for Great Britain at Summer Olympics, world championships and European championships, winning medals in each of those major international championships. Davies specialised in long-distance freestyle and open water events. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004, 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics. As of the end of 2010, he held the British Records in the 400-, 800- and 1500-metre freestyle events. Swimming career At the 2003 European Junior Championships he won a gold medal. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's 1,500m freestyle, in a time of 14:45.95 (a British and European record). He also swam at the 2004 European Championships and the 2005 World Championships. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Davies won the 1,5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Swimming
2008 in swimming documents the highlights of competitive international swimming during 2008. Major events World *9–13 April: 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Manchester, United Kingdom *3–8 May: 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain *8–13 July: 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey, Mexico *9–17 August: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China *20–21 August: 10 km marathon swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China *7–15 September: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China *25–26 October: Marathon swimming at the 2008 Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia *2008 FINA Swimming World Cup **10–12 October: Belo Horizonte, Brazil **17–18 October: Durban, South Africa **25–26 October: Sydney, Australia **1–2 November: Singapore **8–9 November: Moscow, Russia **11–12 November: Stockholm, Sweden **15–16 November: Berlin, Germany Regional *30 July – 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Water Swimming At The 2009 World Aquatics Championships
The Open Water Swimming competition at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from 21 to 25 July at the beach of Ostia in Rome. Schedule Note: Originally, the Open water events were scheduled to occur on Sunday, July 19 (5K), Tuesday, July 21 (women's 10K) and Thursday, July 23 (women's 25K); however the FINA Bureau on July 18, 2009, altered the open water schedule due to weather conditions in Ostia. (FINA Press Release 2009-53); published by FINA
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Swimming At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Marathon 10 Kilometre
The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 August at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China. Dutch swimmer and cancer survivor Maarten van der Weijden enjoyed the race of his life as he sprinted in a three-way battle against Great Britain's David Davies and Germany's Thomas Lurz to a spectacular finish under a scorching rain, and most importantly, to claim the Olympic title in the inaugural men's open water marathon. With only a few hundred metres left, he pulled ahead from the rest of the field before slapping the yellow pads first in 1:51:51.6. Van der Weijden was diagnosed with leukemia in 2001; however, with the aid of a stem cell treatment, he came back stronger from a two-year ordeal to resume his swimming career. Leading almost the entire race by over six body lengths, Davies drifted offline at the final stages, and eventually missed out the title by 1.5 seconds with the silver-medal time in 1:51:53.1. Meanwhile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Marathon 10 Kilometre
The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 20 August at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China. Russia's Larisa Ilchenko sprinted to a top finish in the final stages. With only 150 metres left, she put in a late charge to overhaul the British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten on the right side of the pack, and slapped the yellow pads to capture the gold in a sterling time of 1:59:27.7. Payne trailed behind Ilchenko by exactly half a second (0.50), but powered home with a silver in 1:59:29.2, while Patten snatched the bronze in 1:59:31.0 to hold off a grueling battle from Germany's Angela Maurer (1:59:31.9) by almost a full second. Netherlands' two-time world champion Edith van Dijk earned a fourteenth spot in 2:00:02.8, while South Africa's Natalie du Toit, the first ever amputee in history to compete at the Olympics, enjoyed the race of her life as she finished with a highly respectable, sixteenth-place effort in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Water Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships
The open water swimming events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships were held from 18 to 25 March, at St. Kilda Beach near Melbourne, Australia. Medal table *Record(*) Medal summary Men Women See also * Open water swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships * 2008 FINA World Open Water Championships *Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics *Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships The Open Water Swimming competition at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from 21 to 25 July at the beach of Ostia in Rome. Schedule Note: Originally, the Open water events were scheduled to occur on Sunday, July 19 (5K), Tuesda ... References Open Water results sectionof the 2007 World Championships results from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2019-07-18. {{Open water Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships 2007 in swimming Open Water Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. It is a landlocked country bordering Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Romani, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Kudinov
Yuri (Yury) Kudinov (russian: Юрий Кудинов; born 27 February 1979, in Volgograd) is a long-distance swimmer from Russia. In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev. His time of remains one of the fastest swims ever recorded, but was not enough to beat Stoychev's set on the same day (24 August 2007). On 25 March 2007, Kudinov beat Stoychev in the 25 km at the Open Water World Championships, a race which he won in a time of , with Stoychev coming in 6th with a time of . He swam for the Kazakhstan National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th .... See also * World Open Water Championships – Multiple medalists Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Warkentin
Mark Warkentin (born November 14, 1979) is an American open water swimmer and swimming coach. After graduating from San Marcos High School in 1998, Warkentin attended the University of Southern California, from which he graduated in 2003 with a degree in communication. While a Trojan, he was a four-time All-American. He was also awarded USC's Willis Award as a freshman. Warkentin qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing following his performance at the 2008 Open Water World Championships. In the lead-up to the Games he was noted by ''Time'' as one of its "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch." He is a two-time national champion in the open water 25-kilometer, the longest sanctioned race in the sport. The open water event at the Olympics was a 10-kilometer race, which typically lasts around two hours. Warkentin finished in eighth place with a time of 1:52:13.0, just twenty-one seconds behind winner Maarten van der Weijden. Warkentin became head coach of the Santa Barbara Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
right The 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center. A total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds: *Saturday, May 3: women's 10K *Sunday, May 4: men's 10K *Tuesday, May 6: women's 5K, men's 5K *Thursday, May 8: women's 25K, men's 25K The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics. Results Team standings The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is: . Published by OmegaTiming.com on 2008-05-08; retrieved 2009-08-15. The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Pankina
Natalia ("Natalya") Pankina (russian: Наталья Панкина) is a Russian long distance swimmer. She was the first Russian woman who successfully swam the English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), ( Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Ka ... in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25 km open water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place. As a 1st Russian Woman, Natalya won the Overall at FINA Open Water Grand Prix 2008 References 1983 births Living people Female long-distance swimmers Russian female swimmers English Channel swimmers {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |