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21-year-old Payne Montgomery of Stanford won the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming 1 Mile National Championship in Lake Lure, North Carolina. He was followed by two 40-somethings Chris LaBianco and Chris Stevenson. Marianne Countryman topped the women’s field by a comfortable margin. But Dr. Edgar Ole Larson, the former Appalachian State University swimming coach, who may […]
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Decades ago, society and surfers could never imagine wearing neoprene wetsuits, as they did not exist. Since 1872, swimmers have been attempting to cross the English Channel in the same manner: nothing that may aid a swimmer’s speed, buoyancy or heat retention is allowed. No wetsuits, webbed gloves, paddles or fins. There are few sporting
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The men and women in the Olympic marathon swimming 10km finals finished in a custom-designed finish created by Omega Timing. The finish pad has sophisticated electronic timing and cameras. Copyright © 2012 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Barbara Held has always been driven and set the highest standards for herself. In her youth, she became the first female firefighter in the city of Los Angeles, California. In her retirement, she set about to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. One of the crew members of Penny Palfrey’s Cuba attempt, Held
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Tony Lillios and Kate Howell became the first individuals to complete a two-way, non-wetsuit 12-mile self-supported crossing of Crater Lake in Oregon
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Shelley Taylor-Smith was the first female referee in the Olympic marathon swim. She was on the dock during the men’s 10km race in the Serpentine. Despite the pressure of the world’s greatest sporting spectacle, everything went smoothly. “There were just 5 yellow cards (warning) and no red (disqualification) cards given. During the men’s race, I
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Hope were raised…and exceeded at the first FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in Welland, Canada last week. 130 swimmers from 31 countries gathered near Niagara Falls to make their own splashes as they debuted on the international open water stage. Following in the footsteps of Olympians Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer, Germany’s young talent
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In the afterglow of the Olympic Games, the 2nd annual Bridge To Bridge 14k marathon swim got underway. From Henley to Marlow, 176 swimmers including four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington took part and traversed 3 locks and 4 food stops along the course. 100% of the starters finished as the participants swam in pods
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The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILSDA) will be honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The ILDSA will join a select number of other world-renowned organizations in the Hall of Fame: Traversée Internationale du lac St.-Jean, British
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