 | | | Lining up at the 2009 Pacific Open Water start | |  | | | Overview of floating start/finish pontoons | |  | | | The start | |  | | | The made rush at the start | |  | | | Aerial view | |  | | | Judges boat | |  | | | Floating start/finish pontoons | |  | | | Lining up at the start | |  | | | Taking off | |  | | | Go | |  | | | Get ready to rumble | |  | | | Sprinting from the start | |  | | | Aerial view | |  | | | Drafting off the leader | |  | | | Drafting | |  | | | Pacing | |  | | | Finishing | |  | | | Performing well | |  | | | Swimmers in the wetsuit and non-wetsuit division | |  | | | Family time in the open water | |  | | | Family time in the open water | |  | | | Reaching up towards the finish | |  | | | Ram Barkai, one of the keynote speakers at the Open Water Swimming Conference, diving into the waters in Antarctica | |  | | | Greta Andersen, one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time, finishing her Catalina Channel swim | |  | | | Forrest Nelson, one of the Open Water Swimming Conference speakers, finishing the Catalina Channel in December. He has also swam the English Channel, Molokai Channel (from Oahu to Molokai and from Molokai to Oahu), Cook Strait (between the North and South Islands in New Zealand), Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Tampa Bay, etc. | |  | | | Eva Fabian finishing third at a FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Argentina in February 2010 | |
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