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In Serbia, there is an old church tradition on January 19th of each year. Vojislav Mijic, the long-time race director of the Sabac Marathon, has organized this event for the past 10 years, together with the support of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. “I organize this manifestation of Swimming for the Holy Cross of Honor […]
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Active Women is a group of Mexican female athletes that perform specific events that promote a preventive mindset vis-a-vis breast cancer and cervical cancer. They promote health and fitness as a lifestyle including open water swims called Por Ellas. These events – including Las Nueve Bahías de Huatulco, El Mar de Cortés, and Quintana Roo
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Nicholas Vargas, a 17-year old from Ventura, California, broke the record from Anacapa Island to the California mainland this weekend. Vargas covered the 12.4 miles (20 km) in 4 hours 58 minutes to break 15-year-old Nicholas Caine‘s 5 hour 3 minute effort in 2008. Over 25 crossings have been successfully completed in this channel, with
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You train, you enter a race, you taper, and then you race. You give it all you have in the open water swim…and then you have to wait for the results. And wait and wait. Open water swimming is not like pool swimming. Pool swimmers know their split times and the official results that are
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Pam Lazzarotto, a California waterwoman originally from Canada, is a jewelry designer by profession and a swimmer by morning and weekends. The fashionable former flyer who swam at the University of Arizona has created a series of unique open water swimming-themed key chains, medallions, awards and necklaces. She will launch her new line at the
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It happened in the blink of an eye. When the propeller of a Maui Channel Swim boat overran John Caughlin in mid-stroke, it grotequely twisted his body out of the water with a force and torque that changed his life forever. And his friends will never forget either. Despite the lost of a portion of
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Social scientists tell us that only 6% of the population is really doing what they love in their lives. But in meeting with open water swimmers around the world at events, on beaches, along bays, in rivers and escort boats, their joy and exhilaration for life indicate to us that many open water swimmers, coaches
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The multi-talented, multi-faceted Kathleen Wilson from Charleston, South Carolina added another channel to her growing resume. She became the 25th person to swim across the Molokai Channel. The politician/musician/marathon swimmer/race director swam 42 km (26 miles) from Molokai’s Laau Point to Oahu’s Sandy Beach in 20 hours 41 minutes. She left Molokai at 1:00 am
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Three-time American Olympic coach Bob Bowman is best known as the coach of Michael Phelps. But the renowned coach also coaches open water swimmers including a fast, young swimmer named Gillian Ryan. While Bowman is on a leave from swimming, he will not be far away from the sport. He and 2-time Olympic medalist Thomas
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The annual International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Board of Directors and General Meeting will be held before this year’s 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on Friday, September 21st. Everyone is welcome to and encouraged to listen in, participate and share their opinions and recommendations. Even
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