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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship in Long Beach, California’s Marine Stadium on October 21st 2023.
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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship in Long Beach, California’s Marine Stadium on October 21st 2023.
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Matthew McDermott and Theodora Sabev win the 2023 Naples Island Swims 3-mile race in Long Beach, California
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62-year-old Stephen Junk of Western Australia completed the Oceans Seven with a 13 hour 17 minute crossing of the 35 km North Channel
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The biggest Winter Swimming World Championship in history will be held in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2024
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Kieron Palframan of South African became the 25th person in history to complete the iconic Oceans Seven with a 21 hour 26 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel in Hawaii.
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There are many ways to avoid physicality, impeding, punching, and pull backs in mass participation open water swims
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There must be difficult judgment calls made by officials in both triathlons and open water swimming events.
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Salvatore Cimmino is a disabled Italian swimmer who became the first disabled athlete to swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand. His 8 hour 20 minute Cook Strait crossing, organized by Philip Rush, was part of his tour Swimming in the Seas of the Globe (A Nuoto nei Mari del Globo – see here and list of 17 swims below) to
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Professional marathon swimmer Rita Vanesa García is running for political office in the national elections in Argentina
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Siomara Vieira Nascimento completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in Rio de Janeiro after a lifetime of dancing
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