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Rio Olympics 10km open water swim
evmo
Sydneydev
To save folks having to wade through the insane websites of rio2016.com and nbcolympics.com, I thought I'd post some basic facts about the upcoming Rio open water swimming events.
Date/Time. The women's event is Monday, August 15 at 9:00am Rio time (5am Pacific, 8am Eastern, noon GMT). The men's event is Tuesday, August 16, also at 9:00 am Rio time.
TV/streaming. In the US, NBC will be streaming the women's event HERE, and the men's event HERE. Not sure about TV coverage in other countries - perhaps others can chime in.
Course. Four loops of 2.5km on Copacabana Beach.
Participants
Men
USA WILIMOVSKY Jordan NED WEERTMAN Ferry GRE GIANNIOTIS Spyridon USA RYAN Sean GBR BURNELL Jack Rex David FRA OLIVIER Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede ITA RUFFINI Simone CAN WEINBERGER Richard BRA DO CARMO Allan ITA VANELLI Federico CHN ZU Lijun GER REICHERT Christian ECU ENDERICA OCHOA Ivan RUS DRATTCEV Evgenii TUN MELLOULI Oussama SVK NAGY Richard AUS POORT Jarrod JPN HIRAI Yasunari RSA HO Chad BUL AYDARSKI Ventsislav HUN PAPP Mark VEN MALDONADO Erwin NZL RADFORD Kane Rae Francis KAZ KHUDYAKOV Vitaliy EGY ELAMRAWY Marwan Ahmed Aly Morsy
Women
FRA MULLER Aurelie NED VAN ROUWENDAAL Sharon BRA CUNHA Ana Marcela ITA BRUNI Rachele BRA OKIMOTO Poliana GER HARLE Isabelle GRE ARAOUZOU Kalliopi USA ANDERSON Haley HUN RISZTOV Eva HUN OLASZ Anna CHN XIN Xin GBR PAYNE Keri-Anne ECU AREVALO Samantha AUS GUBECKA Chelsea JPN KIDA Yumi RSA WEBER Michelle POL ZACHOSZCZ Joanna VEN PEREZ Paola SLO PERSE Spela CZE PECHANOVA Jana ESP VILLAECIJA Erika CAN HORNER Stephanie POR NEVES Vania MAS GAN Heidi EGY KASEEM Reem Mohamed Hussein Elsayed
Comments
This is great!
Thanks Evan
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I do hate wading through the mass... @-)
Despite some chatter months ago that wetsuits might be an option due to cold temperatures, water temps appear to be near perfect at 70 F. Really hope this is contested in rough chop. It would be a great departure from Beijing & London.
Keep moving forward.
What's the weather forecast?
Ohh thanks! Just set the DVR.
Well, not so much a forecast, but in weather-related news...
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-swimming/olympic-open-water-swimming-platform-sinks-at-rio-20160813-gqrzda.html
Olympic open water swimming platform sinks at Rio
Rio de Janeiro: Practice for the open water swimming competition at Fort Copacabana off Copacabana Beach in Rio has been cancelled after the starting platform sank.
The platform was wrecked on Saturday because of weather conditions, two days before the 10-kilometre women's race.
According to Mario Andrada, spokesman for Rio 2016, it broke into three pieces and was swept away.
@evmo, can you add "Spoiler Alert" to the title of this thread? Or perhaps start a second thread that says it so those of you in a better time zone to watch it can discuss the results and those of us watching it delayed can avoid the thread?
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Is there any video footage that doesn't have a paywall?
Aurélie Mulle DQ'd - looks like an honest mistake and no advantage gained.....
These are qualifying swims. My bad. But still excellent to watch
No, Muller is the one pushed into the white buoy by Bruni (which seems regular to me). She is DQ because she swims over Bruni to avoid the white buoy (which I find severe at the very least).
I dont think its about the push, it looks like she holds back brunis arm.
Check the clip here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3741384/Don-t-drink-water-British-marathon-swimmer-Keri-Anne-Payne-launches-medal-bid-Rio-s-Guarabana-Bay-home-raw-sewage-rubbish-dead-bodies.html
I don't think that white buoy should have been there. The long thin red buoy should have directed them straight to the chute, with the white fat buoy outside the thin red one.
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Did anyone get sick from swimming at Rio? There was SO much speculation, I wnated to know the results.
I was wondering the same thing. I think I read somewhere that a couple of pool swimmers had gotten sick, but there weren't any details as to why.
It's always a bad hair day when you work at a pool.
Agree. The finish assembly is poorly designed.
On a side note, I don't understand how comes that they still have to slap a beam risen 50 cm. We are in 2016!
Neither do I understand why they are not using underwater drones to make the broadcast more interesting (and this could help the referees as well).
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bruno said: On a side note, I don't understand how comes that they still have to slap a beam risen 50 cm. We are in 2016!
perhaps they could use the same timing mechanism that RTS uses - a timing chip in the cap, 1st chip across wins...seems simple, effective and fair - especially to those with shorter arms
I was thinking about something like this. No need to be in the cap, though: wrists, shoulders, hip... As long as it's clearly stated which part of the anatomy counts for crossing the line. Then competitors could focus on just swimming. That's how any other sport works (as far as I'm aware).
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@niek
1) the rules could make them wear caps
2)the chip would be in the front, where their heads first break the plane of the finish line. The chips are attached to the cap already. Think I this like starting blocks in a track and field event. Equipment you must use.
3) there is no need to lift your head with the current technology
4) the comment about the shorter arms was a joke...I have very short arms
The current process and technology is inadequate and creates behavior like we saw. I think exploring other options is good.
Every sport has unique finishing rules that require special attention of some sort, even pool swimming. Cross country skiers have to get their ski across first. Running, it's the trunk that has to break the plane of the finish, not the hands or head.
For races like that, I'd rather it be some sort of touchpad than a potentially murky and more difficult thing to judge like first to get their head across an invisible line. What happens if someone is submerged at the finish for some reason? If you used timing chips, how do you know everyone placed then perfectly, and the finish line equipment has sufficient resolution to differentiate finishing position? Would you rather swimmers run up on the beach and finish on dry land?
The current solution seems to be the least worst in my opinion, if my opinion is worth anything.
Time does not determine the podium positions in FINA or Olympic races. If there is a question related to the final position (i.e., official placing), the positions are determined by a video review by the officials. That is, the person who first touches the touch panel is designated as the winner. Reviews (i.e., replays) are taken from 3 different high-speed cameras, one of which should be on stable dryland or fixed pontoon, and two of which are on the right and left sides of the finish pontoon.
For as long as I can remember, in the United States, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, China, Canada and many other countries around the world*, this same determination of the podium positions is based on the eyes and judgment calls or video reviews of officials standing at the finish line. In short distance amateur open water swims in the United States where high-speed cameras are not available, the commonly used determination of winners has always been the eyes and judgment of officials standing at the finish line for generations.
From a former FINA official, member of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee, and organizer of USA Swimming national open water championship and Pan Pacific Championship events
Steven Munatones
www.worldopenwaterswimmingassociation.com
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A.
Welcome back!
Steve @Munatones, is there policy for how the finish buoys should be aligned? The way the women's finish was set up still bugs me.
Oh, and welcome back!
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Fina rules
OWS 5.9 The final approach to the finish shall be clearly defined with markers of a distinctive colour, and shall comprise the boundary of the course.
OWS 7.1 The area leading to the finish apparatus should be clearly marked by rows of buoys which narrow as they get closer to the finish wall. Escort safety craft should be stationed at the approach to and entrance of the finish lane to ensure that only the escort safety craft authorized to do so enter or cross this entrance.