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Open Water Source looks at the top male Olympic medal contenders and dark horses for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on August 10th in the Serpentine in Hyde Park. For complete and comprehensive coverage of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on August 9th and 10th, visit here. This is how the top male marathon swimmers […]
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There is something primordially satisfying and profoundly enriching by swimming from Point A to Point B: there is the start, the struggle in the middle and the celebratory finish. But the journey begins well in advance of the start and continues well past the finish. A swim involves not only the physical preparation, but is
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H2Open Magazine is running an Olympic discount special for new digital subscribers. Take advantage of this one-time deal running through midnight GMT on July 29th by the world’s only open water swimming specialty magazine. “A joy to read, I look forward to every issue,” says Steven Munatones, Editor-in-Chief, Daily News of Open Water Swimming. “The
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 27 solo swimmers and 9 relays took part in the second annual Portland Bridge Swim in Oregon. An army of volunteers, many of whom were witnessing their first swimming event, were introduced the sport of open water swimming at the 11-mile downriver swim under all 11 bridges on the
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Prior to 1964, there were only two relay teams that successfully crossed the English Channel: the Rotherham Neptunus Swim Club that went from England to France in 11 hours 20 minutes in 1950 and the Folkestone Swim Club that went from France to England in 14 hours and 57 minutes in 1954. Then, beginning in
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From the days of Johnny Weissmuller to the era of Michael Phelps, American swimmers have frequently risen to the occasion at the Olympics. Over 60% of the athletes do their lifetime bests in the most pressure-packed swim meet of their lives. How do these athletes handle this pressure? By swimming as a team and enjoying
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Legendary waterman and two-time Olympic marathon swimmer Ky Hurst took time out of his pre-Olympic training schedule in Switzerland over the weekend and won the Swiss National 5km Open Water Swimming Championship in Rorschach. While training with the rest of Swimming Australia at altitude, Hurst found the conditions similar to what might encounter in London
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Jamie Patrick has swum all of his life. From California to Hawaii, he has always hung around pools, lakes, oceans and bays. Doing everything from body surfing to massively long sets in the pool, the DNA of the San Francisco-bred athlete is deeply embedded in the water world, salt or fresh, smooth or rough. Like
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With the Olympics getting ready to start in London, Keri-Anne Payne spoke to the Telegraph about jellyfish and the Olympics here. When asked about the perils of open water swimming, she explained about one terrifying experience, “…in Melbourne in 2007 at my first World Championships…in St Kilda just off the beach. There were thousands and
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Kerri Kanuga (Canada), Alex Harling (Great Britain), Andrea Roach (Canada) and Elizabeth Berns (Great Britain) did a simultaneous double crossing of Cayman Brac Channel in the Cayman Islands on July 21st. It was the first time this stunningly gorgeous 9.76-mile (15.7 km) channel has been completed as a two-way crossing. The quad swam from Cayman
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