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The 2013 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup will consist of 8 races: 1. January 27th – Santos, Brazil 2. February 2nd – Patagones-Viedma, Argentina 3. March 1st – Eliat, Israel 4. April 13th – Cancun, Mexico 5. July 25th – Lac St-Jean, Canada 6. August 11th – Lac Mégantic, Canada 7. October 6th – […]
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“Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian ever?“ This question was raised several times by television personalities and newspaper reporters during the 2012 London Olympic Games. And the answer always seemed to be somewhere between, “Well..perhaps but he was a swimmer so he could compete in many different events…” to “…But how can you compare Phelps
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After watching Oussama Mellouli win the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim in London, we marveled at his strength, speed and stamina. But his strategy was also flawless for 3 reasons: 1. Positioning Mellouli placed himself nearly perfectly throughout the race. While swimmers complained about the physicality of the race, and
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Michael Stresemann (51) of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, John Crompton (59) of Charleston, South Carolina, John Buechler (44) of Annandale, Virginia, and Joe Rainero (46) of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina set out to do something unprecedented. This past weekend, they completed a 17.43-mile relay across South Holston Lake from Caleb’s Cove in Virginia to Riddle
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Kate Willoughby is a New Zealand-born 32-year-old British expatriate from Surrey, England working in Dubai. She is attempting a 25km charity swim on 21 November 2012, called Swimming Around The World, to raise awareness of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy around The World Islands breakwater, a perimeter wall that protects the man-made development of 300 islands off
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In some ocean races in South Africa, its rules that governed wetsuit usage dictated that wetsuit swimmers receive a 1-minute time penalty for every 1 km swam. Other open water swims where wetsuit swimmers and non-wetsuit swimmers compete in the same division have different time differentials (e.g., 60-90 seconds per 1.6 km swam). But there
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Ned Denison, one of the global leaders in the marathon swimming world, will be deservedly honoured by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at its annual induction ceremonies on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be held together with the
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Ned Denison’s concept of the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims (or Triple Break) has a new member: Nick Adams. Adams completed a series of swims from former isolated prison islands where convicts have given way to open water swimmers. Denison’s list of the swimmers who have currently completed the Triple Crown of Prison Island
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Christine Jennings won the 6th Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic today. The 10km professional marathon swim was held in beautiful Lac Mégantic in Québec, Canada. The 3-time World Cup champion Jennings turned the tables on Ana Marcela Cunha who won the traditional 1km sprint race the night before in the 23°C (73°F) water. In contrast
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Evgeny Drattsev won the 6th Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic. The 10km professional marathon swim was held in beautiful Lac Mégantic in Québec, Canada. 2008 Olympian Drattsev turned the tables on Christian Reichert who won the traditional 1km sprint race the night before in the 23°C (73°F) water. In contrast to other races on the
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