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The topic of plasticity of the ocean has been gaining steam among the general public and media. With gigantic gyres of tiny discarded plastic (refuse from the world’s societies) growing constantly and creating layers of plastic over large parts of the ocean, this issue is a pending disaster. But necessity can be the mother of […]
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Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil handily won her second FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup title with a season-long dominating performance, from South America to Europe, North America to Asia. After a third place finish in Santos (Brazil), a sixth in Viedma (Argentina) in the first two legs of the World Cup circuit, Ana Marcela
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Tina Neill (shown on left) is a prolific marathon swimmer and quietly successful channel swimming record holder in the English Channel (13 hours 22 minutes doing backstroke), Catalina Channel (10 hours 37 minutes doing backstroke) and San Clemente Channel (52 miles or 83.6 km in 28 hours 41 minutes). She updated the fascinating and real-life
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The fabulously fit Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece put an exclamation mark on his 2012 season with a win in the final race in Shantou, China. Traveling to all 6 out of the 8 races on the professional circuit – only taking time off to compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games where he finished fourth
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Joshua Richardson of Australia set a new race record over the 19km ocean course in Fiji from Denaru on the main island to Beachcomber Island in 3 hours 39 minutes during the Fiji Swims event. The previous record on the Fiji Swims course was set in 2010 by Michael Sheils of Australia in a time
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Ana Marcela Cunha, always the competitor, gutted out a close victor over a tight pack in the warm-water conditions in Shantou, China on the last stop of the 2012 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit. The Brazilian superstar won her second FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup title based on her consistently high performances
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Spyridon Gianniotis wrapped up his overall series victory in the 2012 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup with a convincing victory in Shantou, China over the weekend. Just north of Hong Kong, the 2011 world champion proved the class of the field and the class of the season in the warm (24.5 degrees C) lake
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The concept of excellence has always preoccupied great minds. Aristotle liked to say that excellence is not an act, but a habit. Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that, to achieve excellence in the big things, you have to develop the habit in little matters. And when English nurse Florence Nightingale was asked
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Californian swim buddies, 62-year-old Les Mangold from Modesto and 51-year-old Jeff Everett from Oakland, became the two latest members of the Half Century Club when they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on September 17th. “This was our second try,” explained Mangold who has swum the width of Lake Tahoe twice as has Everett. “Last year
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Nop Luengnimitmas started to make inquiries a year ago about how to develop open water swimming in Thailand. Less than one year later, open water swimmers from Thailand are starting to represent their nation very well on the professional marathon swimming circuit. Bejaportn Sriphanomthorn debuted a highly respectable 8th in the Hong Kong event, sandwiched
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