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For many good reasons, Keri-Anne Payne is the odds-on favorite for the Olympic marathon swimming 10km: Besides a lengthy career where she has experienced all kinds of conditions from Great Britain to Israel to South Africa, her body streamlined body position and high navigational IQ are among the physical talents that enable her to be […]
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Michael Read, President of the Channel Swimming Association, recalls the life and commitment of Peter Frayne, “We were deeply saddened to learn of Peter’s death. He played such an important role within our organisation, especially during the formative years after the second World War. He was a great supporter of the Channel Swimming Association. The
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Like many successful Australian female marathon swimmers, Linda McGill MBE faced a variety of obstacles throughout her life before triumphs came in bunches. Her autobiography, Surviving the Sea of Life: The Triumphs and Tragedies of an Australian Olympian, tells of her repeated victories against fate and roadblocks. She describes how she survived her mother’s tragic
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Are Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte swimming across the Thames? Are they adding open water to their Olympic schedule? Doing a special match race in a cross-river swim? No, it is just an outstanding illustration by Sam Manchester for the New York Times. But they will be churning up the pool water with a wake
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A six-person relay team of Japanese masters swimmers from Tokyo’s Ocean Navi completed their first crossing of the Tsugaru Channel yesterday. Under the helm of Captain Mizushima with the support of coordinator Masayuki Moriya and observer Motoko Honma, Kouji Kobayashi (小林功司 age 44), Etsuko Shima (島悦子 age 51), Yoshitaka Saito (斎藤好豪 age 43), Naoko Saito
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The English Channel swimming community was delighted to hear of Nick Adams‘s eighth successful crossing of the Channel today. As the president of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, he is well aware of the history and challenge of swimming across the English Channel. The wildly popular and passionate channel swimmer and administrator is still
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If an athlete had time and resources to do an open water swim in all 50 states of the USA, this state-by-state list would be one possible bucket list of swims. This list is only a tiny sliver of the over 1,000 open water swims across America. It is simply one point of discovery –
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Not only will there be great conversations, educational seminars and inspirational presentations at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 21-23, but there will also be artwork celebrating the open water swimming world enhancing the conference rooms aboard the Queen Mary. In addition to Dr. Lisa Stansbie from England,
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Not only will there be great conversations, educational seminars and inspirational presentations at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 21-23, but there will also be artwork on the open water swimming world enhancing the conference rooms aboard the Queen Mary. Dr. Lisa Stansbie is one of those artists
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The Ghana Swimming Association hosted its first National Open Water Swimming Championship in June this year with races in the 14-16, 17-18, 19 & over age groups over 5 km, 7.5 km and 10 km courses. With the swimmers now ready for even more races, the Ghana Swimming Association along with the other open water
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