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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there has been anyone involved in open water swimming who has kept their composure, it is Richard Clifford. The practicing attorney from New York City could have panicked and he could have been hurt, but the calm he shows in the courtroom is the calm he consistently demonstrates…