Rostislav Vitek of the Czech Republic, an Olympic marathon swimmer, finished a very fast English Channel swim today in 7 hours and 16 minutes, according to first-hand reports from his escort boat. Macedonian Olympic swimmer Tomi Stefanovski (see below) also finished in a fast time of 7:42.
Tomi became only the third Macedonian to achieve this accomplishment, after Niko Nestor in 1959 and Atina Bojadzi in 1969, according to the Macedonian International News Agency.Upper photo by Quinn Rooney shows Rostislav at the 2009 World 25K Championships.
6 comments:
Great Swim by him, I read on another site that he was feeding every 8 minutes? Not sure if that was a mistake or a typo, but apparently his slowest feed was 3 seconds, most were 1 or 2!! Any more info on this would be great.
J
Awesome swim!
Very near the record...
We have always advocated very quick feedings on marathon swims. 2-4 seconds are the norm at the elite levels. Feedings every 8-12 minutes are also optimal in our opinion based on research. Back in the 1970's, Channel record holder Penny Lee Dean (7:40) was also a very strong advocate of very fast feedings. These athletes practice fast feedings in training and competition so it becomes second nature, while communicating with the coach and escort boat via white boards, stroke counts and hand signals.
We have always advocated very quick feedings on marathon swims. 2-4 seconds are the norm at the elite levels. Feedings every 8-12 minutes are also optimal in our opinion based on research. Back in the 1970's, Channel record holder Penny Lee Dean (7:40) was also a very strong advocate of very fast feedings. These athletes practice fast feedings in training and competition so it becomes second nature, while communicating with the coach and escort boat via white boards, stroke counts and hand signals.
Great swims indeed !
It appears that it wasn't Tomislav Soldo but Tomi Stefanovki from Macedonia.
I was the one who threw the name Soldo in the internet discussion this morning trying to find who was the "Tomi" doing so great in the Channel!
Thank you very much for the correction. It was our error for not verifying the facts before posting. Our sincere apologies to all athletes involved.
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