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Gerry Claffey of Ireland passed along this message to Ocean Care Solutions, “A friend of mine got hit in the face by a Lion’s Mane jellyfish last week in Dublin, Ireland. His face was bright red getting out of the water. Then, the pain started. It typically lasts 8-24 hours. But this other guy at […]
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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Acclimatization has never played such a role in Olympic athletics since the 1968 Summer Olympics were held in the high-altitude of Mexico City. But Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina has had her work cut out for her. Training in warm temperatures in extremely warm-water pools (nearing 30°C), Biagioli swam well, finishing fifth in the 2011 World
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Hercules Troyden Prinsloo is a man on a mission. 25 of the fastest swimmers in the world at 10km will be battling each other in one of the toughest events at 2012 London Olympic Games. The field is arguably the strongest ever assembled in the history of the sport… …and a buff, beefy man named
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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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An experienced team with thousands of solo swimming miles under their caps set a new record today in the Pacific Ocean. The six-member team of Tina Neill (captain), Forrest Nelson, Emily Evans, Steve Lowe, Kent Nicholas, and Mike Mitchell set a new course record of 25 hours 48 minutes today off the coast of Southern
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This video summary of the men’s Olympic marathon swimming 10km race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics hints at five things: 1. Spyridon Gianniotis is faster in 2012 than in 2008. 2. Thomas Lurz has a killer feeding technique. 3. Expect the unexpected. 4. The Olympic marathon 10km race will
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Ray Meltvedt has started a tradition in Somalia at the first International Mogadishu Open Water Swimming Competition. The Half Century Club member for his Catalina Channel swim at the age of 50, Meltvedt swims regularly wherever he is. “I am surrounded by local fishermen and the complete stock of the local tourism shop for sale
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Since Keri-Anne Payne began her dominance in this quadrennial over the elite marathon women, only one woman has broken her streak of victories: Martina Grimaldi of Italy in 2010. Grimaldi has the tools – both mental and physical – to win the gold in the Olympic marathon swim. For her to win, everything must fall
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