News Summary of August 15, 2010

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Sitel, Macedonia: Bulgarian swimmer wins Ohrid Marathon for 9th time
Focus News
Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev and Croatian Karla Sitik are the winners in the male and female groups of this year's edition of the Ohrid Marathon.

Bulgarian Swimmer Stoychev Wins Macedonian Ohrid Marathon
Novinite.com
Bulgaria's best swimmer Petar Stoychev won the Ohrid swimming marathon for the ninth time in his carrier. Stoychev swam best the 30-km stretch at

In a near photo finish, 24-year-old wins Boston Harbor race
Boston Globe
This was Mancuso's second open-water swim, and it was her longest, she said. She had forgotten her water bottle and swam into a patch of seaweed half an

Another Try at the Cuba Swim, 32 Years Later
New York Times
By KAREN CROUSE From 1968 to 1979, Diana Nyad, a long-distance swimmer, set several world records, including circling Manhattan in 7 hours 57 seconds in ...