Leonie Beck Archives

Tokyo Olympics Faces Force Majeure, Postponement

Tokyo Olympics Faces Force Majeure, Postponement

21-year-old Florian Wellbrock of Germany wins Olympic qualifer Tokyo Olympics Faces Force Majeure, Postponement Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. It seemed inevitable that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were in [...]

Leonie Beck Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha

Leonie Beck Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha

Leonie Beck Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha Courtesy of Ahmed Oukda and FINA's Colin Hill, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions kicked off the 2020 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the [...]

Russians May Be Barred From The 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim

Russians May Be Barred From The 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim

https://youtu.be/pc8AxTDWrzg Russians May Be Barred From The 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from international sports events, including the 2020 [...]

Ana Marcela Cunha, Too Tough For Words

Ana Marcela Cunha, Too Tough For Words

Ana Marcela Cunha, Too Tough For Words Courtesy of ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) World Beach Games, Doha, Qatar. Cool and cold, warm, hot. Tranquil or turbulent. Jellyfish, waves...nothing seems to stop Ana Marcela [...]

Ana Marcela Cunha Charges To Gold

Ana Marcela Cunha Charges To Gold

https://youtu.be/O8ZWyFNnYmQ Ana Marcela Cunha Charges To Gold Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Déjà vu not unsurprisingly struck Ana Marcela Cunha at the FINA World Championships. A day after she [...]

Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Another World Title

Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Another World Title

Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Another World Title Courtesy of FINA, Yeosu EXPO Ocean Park, Gwangju, South Korea. Déjà vu not unsurprisingly struck Ana Marcela Cunha at the FINA World Championships. A day after she qualified [...]

Nothing Great Is Easy For Sharon van Rouwendaal

Nothing Great Is Easy For Sharon van Rouwendaal

Nothing Great Is Easy For Sharon van Rouwendaal Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Sharon van Rouwendaal qualified for her third straight Olympic Games, but it was not easy. The reigning Olympic 10 km champion [...]

German Duo – Finnia Wunram & Leonie Beck – Qualify For 2020 Tokyo Olympics

German Duo – Finnia Wunram & Leonie Beck – Qualify For 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Finnia Wunram, 2020 Olympian German Duo - Finnia Wunram & Leonie Beck - Qualify For 2020 Tokyo Olympics Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Marathon swimming can be seen as a lonely sport, [...]

Kareena Lee: 2020 Olympian With A Special Swim

Kareena Lee: 2020 Olympian With A Special Swim

Kareena Lee hugging Australian teammate Chelsea Gubecka after the Olympic 10 km qualification race Kareena Lee: 2020 Olympian With A Special Swim Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Australia has a long tradition [...]

Haley Anderson, America’s Three-peat Olympic Swimmer

Haley Anderson, America’s Three-peat Olympic Swimmer

2020 Olympians, podium finishers Haley Anderson (USA), Xin Xin (China), Rachele Bruni (Italy) Haley Anderson, America's Three-peat Olympic Swimmer Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, South Korea. For most of her teenage and adult life, [...]