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 500 children participated in the 1 km. footrace, while 40 children at the age of 8-12, finished the swimming competition. For the second year there was a separate classification for athletes that opted for a Run+Swim combination of sports. 2015: 7,000 athletes from 27 different countries, visited Spetses to participate in the 5th Spetses mini Marathon. The event (9–11 October 2015) consisted of: 3 Running races (5 km, 10 km, 25 km), 2 Swimming races (Bogazi Channel Cross 3 km and 5 km), 2 Kids’ Races (500m and 1 km), 2 Kids’ Swimming Races (150m and 300m) and the Kids’