FINA Newsletter 2 / 2014
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| Newsletter #2 // January 29th 2014 | |||||||||||
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| World champions ready for open water action! | |||||||||||
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| Poliana
Okimoto (BRA), Martina Grimaldi (ITA), Thomas Lurz (GER) and Spyridon
Gianniotis (GRE) were among those to win big at the last FINA World
Championships in Barcelona, each of them capturing gold.
The World champions
will be among the big names of open water swimming to attend the
inaugural leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014, taking
place in Viedma (ARG), on Saturday February 1.
In all, 66 swimmers (37 men and 29 women) from 14 countries will be hitting the water.
Part of this stellar
line-up are Angela Maurer (GER) and Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA), both
multi-medallists in Barcelona and no strangers to 10km World Cup
podiums. Maurer won the Series in 2007, 2008 and 2011 while Cunha topped
the overall rankings in 2010 and 2012.
In the men's field, Thomas Lurz is the swimmer to beat. The
German great is the owner of two Olympic medals (a silver and bronze), a
record 20 World championships medals (12 of them gold) and is a
three-time winner of the 10km World Cup (2009, 2011 and 2013). One of
Lurz' ever-looming threats is Greece's Spyridon Gianniotis, two-time
10km World champion. Gianniotis edged Lurz by the slimmest of margins in
the event both in Shanghai (2011) and Barcelona (2013). He also ranked
first in
the 10km World Cup in 2012.
The World Cup's
remaining six stages will be organised in Manzanillo (MEX) on April 5,
Setubal (POR) on June 28, Lac St. Jean (CAN) on July 24, Lac Magog (CAN)
on July 31, Lac Megantic (CAN) on August 9, and Hong Kong (HKG) on
October 4.
On Sunday February 2, FINA's second open water swimming pro circuit, the Grand Prix, will kick off with the 57km Santa Fe-Coronda race. A total 29 swimmers will take the departure.
The Grand Prix will
continue in Hernandarias (ARG) on February 9, Manzanillo (MEX) on March
29, Lac St. Jean (CAN) on July 26, Lac Magog (CAN) on August 2, Ohrid
Lake (MKD, dates tbc) and Capri-Napoli (ITA) on September 6.
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| Men's World League: Europe prelims resume on February 11 | |||||||||||
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fourth round of the men's Water Polo World League preliminaries is
scheduled for February 11 in various cities in Europe. Romania will
face Russia in Bucarest (Group A), Greece will receive Hungary in Athens
(tbc, Group B), Germany will meet Italy in Torino and Montenegro will
play Slovakia in Novaky (both in Group C).
World silver medallist
Montenegro (9 points), 2013 World League winner Serbia (6 points) and
Hungary (5 points) currently lead their respective group.
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