Aquatic Marathon

Marathon swim is water off a duck's back for Bill at 75

Published Date: 17 November 2008 BY the age of 75, most pensioners will have decided it is time to put their feet up. But Bill Coventry is far from your average OAP – he listens to the latest pop songs and loves playing on...

Athletics: Inaugural Pasadena Marathon Sells Out All Events

8,000 to participate in historic event on Sunday, November 16 Pasadena, Calif. (Nov 10, 2008) — Pasadena Forward is excited to announce that the inaugural Pasadena Marathon presented by Kaiser Permanente has reached capacity...

Sid Cassidy Gives His Impressions of the First Olympic Marathon Swim

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 7. SID Cassidy, FINA's chairman of the technical committee for open water, joins Brent Rutemiller for this special SwimmingWorld.TV interview from the recent American Swimmi...

Little players spark some big moves

Opponents of MMP like to cite the wacky policies of third parties as proof the tail should never be allowed to wag the dog. In fact, voters have minor parties to thank for some important government initiatives. After the last...

London Olympic Park landscaping 'to cost £200 million'

More than £200 million has been earmarked for the showcase landscaping of London's Olympic Park, organisers said today. Around 110 hectares of parkland, which was once largely contaminated industrial land, is to be transformed...

Seven Cities Bid for 2013 FINA World Championships

Seven Cities Bid for 2013 FINA World Championships -- November 4, 2008 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, November 4. SEVEN cities have put in bids for the 15th FINA World Championships to be held in 2013. Those cities are Belgrade (SRB),...

Holmes ready to compete with Hurst

Gold Coast ironman Zane Holmes has welcomed the return of Ky Hurst to competitive surf racing. The 27-year-old Hurst, a former ironman champion, quit the sport to concentrate on open water swimming and represented Australia at...

In Heavy Training for Noosa Triathlon

This Sunday I'm doing a 1.5 km swim as part of a team (me, my son Jack is doing the 40 km bike ride and daughter Laura is doing the 10 km run) at the world-famous Noosa Triathlon.We're up against a team we, frankly, expect to...

Grant Hackett king of longdistance swimmers announces retirement

Australia's Grant Hackett has announced his retirement, ending his career as one of the world's most decorated long-distance swimmers. By Bob Williams and agencies End of an era: Grant Hackett has called time on his career...

Hackett kisses goodbye to swimming career

Published Date: 28 October 2008 AUSTRALIA'S Grant Hackett announced his retirement yesterday, ending his career as one of the world's most decorated long-distance swimmers. The 28-year-old said he was hanging up his goggles to...

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