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The Wonderful Wilma Wong In, Around and Near Water

Coach Wilma Wong received the Order of Ikkos for her coaching excellence and dryland activities as a nanny, guide, protector, scheduler, cook...and para swimming coach

Humanity at its Most Cooperative and Mutually Respectful Finest

The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games were a joy to witness and an example of how humans can cooperate and bring out the best in one another.

You Just Feel So At Peace With The World

Melanie Barratt ushered in a new era of English Channel crossing when she swam from England to France in 12 hours 20 minutes on August 28th

3 Lakes In 3 Days in Texas: Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge

3-time Olympic gold medalist Sandy Neilson hosts the annual Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge, a 3-day, 3-lake stage swim in the Hill Country of Central Texas

Swimming in the Seine at the Paris Paralympic Games

11 categories in the Para triathlon were contested at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games with a 750m swim in the Seine, a 20 km bike segment along the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Pont des Invalides, and a final 5  km run to the Quai d’Orsay back to the finish at Pont Alexandre III in historic Paris.

KAATSU Aqua is a specialized form of KAATSU used in the water to enhance:

  • performance of speed, strength, stamina, balance, agility, technique, tactile feel
  • recovery from vigorous workouts, intense competition, travel fatigue
  • rehabilitation from muscle, bone, ligament, tendon injuries
  • longevity and wellness

Steven Muñatones

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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.

He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.

He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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