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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the two pre-race favorites, Becca Mann and Haley Anderson, qualified earlier in the morning for the women’s 10 km 2015 FINA World Championship qualification race in Miromar Lake in Fort Myers, Florida, the men’s subsequent race took all types of twists and turns with an unlikely finish. The […]
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Historic Aquatic Park May Be Lost To Commercial Interests Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are several iconic venues in the open water swimming world from Dover to Manhattan Island. These locations provide not only historical perspectives, but also present continued opportunities for future open water swimmers. One of these most hallowed grounds is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Becca Mann just touched out Haley Anderson to win the women’s 10 km 2015 FINA World Championship qualification race in Miromar Lake in Fort Myers, Florida, the men took to the water and will battle it out over the next few hours. The lead pack will undoubtedly see
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Video images of the final 500 meters of the race from on the water and aerial drone are courtesy of Take It Live Productions and USA Swimming. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The pace could not have been faster over the last 1 km, but it was Becca Mann who came out on
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Video images of the 10 km race from on the water and aerial drone are courtesy of Take It Live Productions and USA Swimming. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With less than 1 km to qualify for the 2015 FINA World Championships, wunderkind and published author Becca Mann has moved into the lead with
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Video images of the 10km race from on the water and aerial drone are courtesy of Take It Live Productions and USA Swimming. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A drone’s view of the last lap at the 2015 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships and World Championship qualifier shows Ashley Twichell’s pace has
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Courtesy of Take It Live Productions, USA Swimming, and WOWSA. When Haley Anderson has defeated her long-time like Ashley Twichell, Eva Fabian, Emily Brunemann, Stephanie Peacock, Tristin Baxter, and Becca Mann in a national 10 km race, she has always stuck to her tried-and-true strategy of coming from behind like the renowned Russian Olympic champion
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Ashley Twichell has defeated her long-time rivals like Haley Anderson, Eva Fabian, Emily Brunemann, Stephanie Peacock, Tristin Baxter, and Becca Mann in a national 10 km race, she has always stuck to her tried-and-true strategy of going for it early. 1 hour 15 minutes into the race, Twichell
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Haley Anderson wants to return to the Olympics after her silver medal performance at the 2012 London Games. After the first 2 km at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in perfectly flat, warm waters in Miramar Lake in Fort Myers, Florida, she is swimming in the lead
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Courtesy of WOWSA from Sunset Beach, California. As the tankers and cargo ships gradually clear from the Catalina Channel and return to plowing across the Pacific Ocean rather than sitting anchored in the San Pedro Channel near the Long Beach Harbor, the deadline approaches to receive a discount sanction fee from the Catalina Channel Swimming
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