Hagai Ashlagi

Hagai Ashlagi is the chairman of the Israel Swimming Association, host of the Sea-Sprint TLV.

Sea-Sprint TLV

The Sea-Sprint TLV is a short-distance open water swimming competition held in the Tel Aviv harbor and organized by the Israeli Swimming Association, the Tel Aviv Municipality, and the Tel Aviv harbor. There are four knockout rounds of a point-to-point 56.5-meter sprint in the harbor where the swimmers were separate by lane lines. The fastest three swimmers in each heat advanced to the next round while the slowest three swimmers were knocked out.

There is 22-30 minutes of rest between the first and second rounds, 15-18 minutes of rest before the semi-finals with 12 swimmers that advanced from the quarterfinals, and 8-10 minutes before the fastest six swimmers advanced to the final heat.

Swimmers faced limited underwater visibility and swam without the benefit of underwater lane lines.