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Fiona Goh became the youngest female to compete a marathon swim off of any of the California Channel islands. The Californian competed the 12.4-mile swim from Anacapa Island to Silver Stand Beach in Oxnard, California in 10 hours 10 minutes. Since 1927, there have been approximately 350 solo marathon swims off of the 8 channel […]
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After wowing the audience at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in a keynote address, Craig Dietz took to the sea at the Swim Across America event in Long Beach on Sunday. Dietz attempted to swim 10km for the first time in his life. “I do not want to look back and not try something,”
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To watch the Swim Across America event in Long Beach, California tomorrow, visit here. Coverage begins at 8:30 am with the 100m at 9:00 am, 800m at 9:15 am, and 1.5km, 5km and 10km events starting at 10:00 am. All times are Pacific Time (Los Angeles, California). Make sure to catch swimmers like Craig Dietz
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The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) is a global celebration of marathon swimming luminaries, heroes and heroines. Its website is now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, French and German. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame was established in 1961 and is an affiliate organization to the International Swimming Hall of
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The annual International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Board of Directors and General Meeting will be held today at 5:00 pm in the Grand Salon (R Deck) on the Queen Mary before this year’s 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. Everyone is welcome to and encouraged to listen in, participate and
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Unique jewelry, dri-fit shirts, polos, bikinis, hats, bags, beach slippers and all kinds of cool things are coming for open water swimmers. Marine artwork, books, DVDs and videos for those immersed in the open water swimming world are available online and in retail stores. Digital water thermometers, GPS units, practice turn buoys, specialty swimming vacations,
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“The grail of long swims in South Africa is from Robben Island to the mainland – either Three Anchor Bay or Blouberg,” claims Theodore Yach. “All I wanted was to get to that damn beach. I really didn’t want to be out there. I didn’t think it was fun,” says Terry Griffin. “Not everyone may
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Ned Denison became the 65th person to become a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a swim of 8 hours 50 minutes across the Catalina Channel today. Not only is Denison a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, he is also the originator and member of the Triple
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Ned Denison traveled to California to accept his International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame recognition as an Honour Administrator. But he could not just fly over from Ireland to California without swimming up and down the coast of California and also hopping in the Catalina Channel. He started his channel crossing last night and should
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Canadian open water swimmer Jen Alexander, a former mathematics teacher, realized something really cool while swimming last week. “It has to do with measuring distance to shore using building heights,” explained Alexander who was the first swimmer to complete a double crossing of the Northumberland Strait (19 hours 17 minutes). “It works out especially well
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