Sentence examples for water marathon from inspiring English sources
Keri-Anne Payne won silver in the gruelling women's 10k open water marathon in Beijing.
And Pistorius' own teammate Natalie du Toit, who lost her left leg after being hit by a car, swam in the open water marathon in Beijing.
Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece retained his title in the 10-kilometer open water marathon at the swimming world championships in Barcelona, Spain, surging ahead on the final lap to avoid a sprint with the Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia.
Great Britain's Jack Burnell described the refereeing of a dramatic men's open water marathon as "an absolute joke" after he was disqualified in the final throes at Fort Copacabana.
The swimmers also managed to double the targeted number of medals in their sport when David Davies won the team's sixth swimming medal — a silver medal in the men's 10 km open water marathon on 21 August.
A Beijing silver medallist and favourite to win gold here, she was taken apart in the final stage of the race by an athlete in only her seventh open-water marathon who had modelled her race tactics on the British swimmer's attacking approach.
Italy's Valerio Cleri reaches up to grab a drink at a feeding station during the men's 10km open water swimming marathon.
He boasts that "everything on skis in New York runs through me" and ticks off evidence, like providing rides for "The Gadget Show," stunts for Nikon, security for the Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers marathon.
"I was, like, 'Thank God for that!' " The Night Watch took Waters a marathon four years to write, in contrast to the comfortable sprints of her other books.
As amateur swimmers prepare for the trailblazing open-water mass marathon that is the 10km swim down the river Dart, pioneers of outdoor swimming are reflecting on how far they have come.
Mr. Stallman said that the former Wall Street Journal reporter — who has "impeccable" credentials and has frequently written for The Times — proposed the Sept. 9 article to him and disclosed, in detail, her connections to the world of open-water and marathon swimming.
