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Larisa Ilchenko
Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko (; born 18 November 1988) is a Russian long-distance swimmer. She won eight world titles and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics. Biography Ilchenko dominated long distance swimming since her first World Championships in Dubai, 2004, where, aged just 16 won by over 30 seconds. The following year in Montreal, she had a much tougher time as the veterans pushed her under and held her up, but still won with a final sprint. This was the pattern of all her subsequent victories, battling her way through the pack before sprinting clear at the end. She doubled up in Napoli 2006 to become both the 5 km and 10 km open water world champion. She won both 5 km and 10 km events at the 2007 and 2008 World Championships too. The American magazine Swimming World Magazine, Swimming World named her List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year#Open Water Swimmers of the Year, open water swimmer of the year in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgograd
Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga. The city was founded as the fortress of ''Tsaritsyn'' in 1589. By the 19th century, Tsaritsyn had become an important river-port and commercial centre, leading to its rapid population growth. In November 1917, at the start of the Russian Civil War, Tsaritsyn came under Bolshevik control. It fell briefly to the White Army in mid-1919 but returned to Bolshevik control in January 1920. In 1925, the city was renamed ''Stalingrad'' in honor of Joseph Stalin, who took part in defending the city against the White Army who had then ruled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Water Swimming At The 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 Km
The Women's 5K race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 42 women from 26 countries competed in the race. Note: The Women's and Men's 5K race at the 2009 Worlds were originally scheduled for Sunday, July 19; however, high wind and surf conditions on-course caused the FINA Bureau to postpone the race until July 21. (FINA Press Release 2009-53); published by on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20. Results Key: OTL = Outside time limit, DQ = Disq ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 World Open Water Swimming Championships
right The 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.Results page: 4th FINA Open Water Swimming Championships - Napoli, Italy from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the event); retrieved, 2010-01-31. The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). Event schedule: *Tuesday, August 29: Women's 5K, Men's 5K *Thursday, August 31: Men's 10K, Women's 5K *Saturday, September 2: Women's 25K *Sunday, September 3: Men's 25K Results Team standings The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 World Open Water Swimming Championships
These are the results of the open water swimming competition at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, which took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The open water swimming course was held in the Olympic Rowing Basin on Notre Dame Island, and not in a river. This was the first time that open water swimming was held in a pool. The Montreal Olympic Rowing Basin was built for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Medal table Medal summary Men **Record(*) Women *Record(*) References Open Water results sectionof the 2005 World Championships results from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2019-07-18. {{Open water Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships Open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly kno ... 2005 in swimming Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 World Open Water Swimming Championships
The 3rd FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held November 26 – December 2, 2004 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis .... The championships featured 90 swimmers from 26 countries competing in six races: *5-kilometer (5K) – Men's and Women's *10-kilometer (10K) – Men's and Women's *25-kilometer (25K) – Men's and Women's Results Team medals See also * 2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships * 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships References HistoFINA--Open Water FINA's history of open water swimming events. {{FINA champs FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships Fina World Open Water Swimming Championships, 2004 Fina World Open Water Swimming Championships, 2004 Swimming competitions i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2008 Summer Olympics
The Swimming (sport), swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 female), including two 10 km Marathon swimming, open-water marathons. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m Olympic-size swimming pool, long course pool within the Olympic Park. The United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics, United States claimed a total of 31 medals (12 golds, 9 silver, and 10 bronze) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming. A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps, who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz's 1972 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games, record, a total of seven, at a single Games. Despite the male swim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Open Water Swimming Championships
The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly "Open Water Worlds", was a bi-annual FINA (now World Aquatics) championship for open water swimming held in even years from 2000 to 2010, inclusive. Race distances were 5, 10, and 25 kilometers (also known as 5K, 10K, and 25K). The 10 km race at the 2008 edition served as the main qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics 10 km event. Editions Twelve editions were part of the World Aquatics Championships and six edition were held ''stand alone'' editions. Starting in 2011, the biannual event was merged to the World Aquatics Championships. Stand alone editions Starting in 2000, the FINA Open Water World Championships were held in the years between the World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Swimming Hall Of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and world. ISHOF exhibits include ancient art and both reproductions and original art depicting famous moments in swimming history from ancient times to modern, swimwear, civil rights, memorabilia, and artifacts belonging to persons who have promoted or excelled in aquatics. It is recognized by FINA (''Fédération Internationale de Natation'') as the official hall for the aquatics sports. History 20th century In 1965, Johnny Weissmuller became the president of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, that with this charge in 1970 was present at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica and was introduced to Queen Elizabeth. ISHOF was incorporated in Florida as a non-profit educational corpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Perunin
Sergey Perunin (; born 19 July 1988) is a Russian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Next year he won a gold medal in the same event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships setting a new European record. In August 2012 he married Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko (; born 18 November 1988) is a Russian long-distance swimmer. She won eight world titles and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics. Biography Ilchenko dominated long distance swimming since her first ..., multiple open water swimming champion. References External links * 1988 births Living people Russian male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypothermia
Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans. Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe hypothermia, there may be hallucinations and paradoxical undressing, in which a person removes their clothing, as well as an increased risk of the heart stopping. Hypothermia has two main types of causes. It classically occurs from exposure to cold weather and cold water immersion. It may also occur from any condition that decreases heat production or increases heat loss. Commonly, this includes alcohol intoxication but may also include low blood sugar, anorexia and advanced age. Body temperature is usually maintained near a constant level of through thermoregulation. Efforts to increase body temperature involve shivering, increased voluntary activity, and putting on warmer clothing. Hypothermia may be diagnosed based on either a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Friendship
The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at the betterment of relations with the Russian Federation and its people. The design of order was created by . Its statute was later amended by presidential decree 19 of 6 January 1999, presidential decree 1999 of 7 September 2010, presidential decree 1631 of 16 December 2011, and presidential decree 308 of 16 March 2012. The Order of Friendship is the direct successor of the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples and like the latter, its insignia was similarly designed by Alexander Zhuk. Award statute The Order of Friendship is awarded to Russian and foreign nationals for special merit in strengthening peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding between nations, for fruitful work on the convergence and mutual enrichment of cultures o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Swimming World Swimmers Of The Year
''Swimming World'' Swimmers of the Year is awarded by the American-based ''Swimming World''. There are seven categories: World Swimmer, American Swimmer, European Swimmer, Pacific Rim Swimmer, World Disabled Swimmer, African Swimmer, and Open Water Swimmer of year. An award for male and female is made for each category. The award was inaugurated in 1964, when ''Swimming World'' named Don Schollander as its World Swimmer of the Year. Two years later, a female category was added, and the awards continued in this format until 1980. The winners were mostly American until the rise of East Germany's women in the 1970s, and 1980 saw the creation of subcategories for American and European swimmers. Following the end of the Cold War, Germany declined following the end of the East's systematic state-sponsored doping program, while Australia's swimming team enjoyed a revival. In December 2013, Swimming World announced a decision to strip the drug-fueled East Germans of all World and Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
