Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre events require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified. Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the
Spetses mini Marathon Spetses mini Marathon Spetses mini Marathon is an international annual sporting event comprising a 5 km, a 10 km and a 25 km run. The mini marathon is held every October since 2011. The running races are the main events in a three-day series of sports such as the swimming races of 3 km & 5 km as well as the children's 1,000m run, the 150m swim race and the 500m run for children 0–5 years old that is called "My 1st Spetses mini Marathon". More than 3,000 men and women participate in the running events, while over 5,000 athletes