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The stars are out for the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland with US$10,000 on the line for the first-place male and female finishers with a total pool of prizes amounts to US$28,000. Lead by Olympic marathon swimming gold medalist Eva Risztov of Hungary, the women’s field includes 2 Olympic marathon swimmers, FINA 10km Marathon Swimming […]
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The Longest Swim will certainly live up to its name. Whether it is a stage swim, done in a wetsuit or fins, or done in stages, The Longest Swim is an incredible feat of logistics, endurance, planning and commitment by Ben Lecomte and team. His team consists of Captain Kale Garcia and his wife Angela
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Diana Nyad is planning her fourth attempt of the 103 miles between Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida today. The start time was moved up 16 hours due to the tranquil conditions that are forecasted over the next 72 hours. Nyad hopes to complete the estimated 60+ hour journey in the Florida Straits by Tuesday,
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Diana Nyad is planning her fourth attempt of the 103 miles between Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida today. The start time was moved up 16 hours due to the tranquil conditions that are forecasted over the next 72 hours. Nyad hopes to complete the estimated 60+ hour journey in the Florida Straits by Tuesday,
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The 4th Annual Swim 4 Freedom 2012 was held in Lake Geneva , Wisconsin. All proceeds will go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation to support America’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps special Operations personnel and their families by providing full college educations to surviving children of special operations personnel killed in combat
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South Africa’s Michelle Weber won the 5km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in convincing fashion on the first day of the inaugural event in Welland, Ontario, Canada yesterday over two young Germans Lena-Sophie Bermel and Patricia-Lucia Wartenberg. The final results of the championships: 1 Michelle WEBER RSA 1:00:05.6 2 Lena-Sophie BERMEL Ger 1:00:08.0 3
On her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is pulling out the stops. On her support team, there are four jellyfish imaging specialists from the world-renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. “We have a variety of visible and invisible photographic imaging equipment that can detect jellyfish in the water,” explained
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A live global audience watched South Africa’s Michelle Weber win the inaugural World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships girl’s 5 km in Welland, Ontario, Canada over two young Germans Lena-Sophie Bermel and Patricia-Lucia Wartenberg. Nearly 500 people from 36 countries watched the live streaming service online here. The number of spectators are expected to increase
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Greenwich – Stamford Swim Across America raised over $420,000 at this year’s event. With only 200 swimmers, led by Peter Carlson (US$18,900), Peter Holmquist (US$17,000) and Bobby Pruett (US$15,000), raised an inspirational amount for the June 30th charity event on behalf of the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy. Teams also helped raised a good amount
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When Ben Lecomte sets off from a stretch of beach near Tokyo towards San Francisco as his finish goal 5500 miles away, he and producer Doug Stanley will be creating open water swimming history – and demonstrating how dramatic, real-time storytelling of a solo swimmer can entertain the world. Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment is setting
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