Totallympics 55 Posted July 27, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Open Water Swimming at the Aquatics LEN European Championships 2018 Glasgow (GBR) - 8 August 2018 - 12 August 2018 Totallympics Results Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted August 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted August 8, 2018 The open water swimming starts today with the 5k's in freaking awesome Loch Lomond Spoiler I saw there's a marathon swimming thread, but today are the 5k's and that's quite simply not marathon swimming, so that thread definitely isn't the place for it. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted August 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: The open water swimming starts today with the 5k's in freaking awesome Loch Lomond When I saw "Loch" part I already thought it was Loch Ness. phelps 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,555 Posted August 8, 2018 #4 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Just now, dcro said: When I saw "Loch" part I already thought it was Loch Ness. I would sort of laugh my balls of in a bit of a cruel way if it turns out everyone was wrong about the Loch Ness Monster and one actually shows up in Loch Lomond during today's races. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,860 Posted August 8, 2018 #5 Share Posted August 8, 2018 3 ore fa, heywoodu ha scritto: The open water swimming starts today with the 5k's in freaking awesome Loch Lomond Mostra contenuto I saw there's a marathon swimming thread, but today are the 5k's and that's quite simply not marathon swimming, so that thread definitely isn't the place for it. unfortunately the weather conditions are not ideal...water is expected to be only around 13/15 degrees (which means that the swimmers will be allowed to wear the full "heavy" bodysuit)... and this will probably influence also the final results... the swimming marathon thread is dedicated to the world series (with all races over 10k), so this is the right thread for the open water swimming events at the european championships... however, I hope there will be some tv coverage (and for open water swimming my best chance is my "beloved" rai, our public TV )... p.s. by the way, Loch Lomond used to be also the site of the Golf Scottish Open until a few years ago (when they started to use only the socalled "links" kind of courses, meanwhile Loch Lomond is a wonderful "parkland" kind of course)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,860 Posted August 8, 2018 #6 Share Posted August 8, 2018 2 ore fa, dcro ha scritto: When I saw "Loch" part I already thought it was Loch Ness. Loch Ness is up north (close to the city of Inverness)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,700 Posted August 8, 2018 #7 Share Posted August 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, phelps said: unfortunately the weather conditions are not ideal...water is expected to be only around 13/15 degrees (which means that the swimmers will be allowed to wear the full "heavy" bodysuit)... and this will probably influence also the final results... the swimming marathon thread is dedicated to the world series (with all races over 10k), so this is the right thread for the open water swimming events at the european championships... however, I hope there will be some tv coverage (and for open water swimming my best chance is my "beloved" rai, our public TV )... p.s. by the way, Loch Lomond used to be also the site of the Golf Scottish Open until a few years ago (when they started to use only the socalled "links" kind of courses, meanwhile Loch Lomond is a wonderful "parkland" kind of course)... Soundtrack... phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,860 Posted August 8, 2018 #8 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) yay! our TV is live from Loch Lomond... p.s. water is 17 degrees (the heavy full bodysuit is mandatory in this case)... Edited August 8, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted August 8, 2018 #9 Share Posted August 8, 2018 wow we are competing I see one 17 years old girl in the start list, hopefully she will swim in the right direction and finish the race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,860 Posted August 8, 2018 #10 Share Posted August 8, 2018 really stupid tactical mistake by the Italian girls...they allowed Van Rouwendaal and Beck to swim away from the rest of the field since the beginning of the race...and now they can't catch them anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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