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The beauty of the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km is that 50 athletes from around the world have qualified for the Olympic final on August 9th (women) and 10th (men). The conundrum is that the athletes and coaches do not know which 50 will be in the starting line in London. The final decisions have yet […]
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Katie Rowe Turning Swimming In A Career In Hollywood Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Rowe is a former world-class swimmer from Long Beach, California. Whether she found herself at the beach, in the surf, on a pool deck or racing between the backstroke flags, Rowe cuts a eye-catching figure. The all-around waterwoman turned
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The Big Richard is the world’s longest and most competitive beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega is organized by Long Beach waterman Matt Mitchell and held in Southern California from the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) to the majestic Queen Mary in Long Beach
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With the intense rays of the sun piercing the skies above and being amplified by the seas around Key West, the participants in the annual FKCC Swim Around Key West used a variety of skin care creams and gels. Photo of Blue Men Joshua Ashley from Jacksonville, Florida and Rob Kent from Ontario, Canada at
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About a month shy of her 50th birthday, Australian marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her team. The intrepid swimmer and her escort team are about to set off on their greatest journey to date: Cuba to Florida. She calmly answered a variety of questions about her 103-mile (166 km) swim,
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Bob Placak keeps on upping the ante on his vision for the ultimate swimming weekend. The 13th annual RCP Tiburon Mile is expanding once again to the RCP Tiburon Sprint Classic with a slew of custom events featuring famous Olympians. The 1.2-mile RCP Tiburon Mile will feature the same chilly, tricky course with its hellish
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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Game (LOCOG) produced a guide and a course map for the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km on August 9th (women) and 10th (men) in the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park. LOCOG also provided the following tips for those lucky spectators who will see the spectacle first-hand: –
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With the intense rays of the sun piercing the skies above and being amplified by the seas around Key West, the participants in the annual FKCC Swim Around Key West used a variety of skin care creams and gels. Photo of Blue Men Joshua Ashley from Jacksonville, Florida and Rob Kent from Ontario, Canada at
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“I think all swimmers have a love-hate relationship with the sport,” says 7-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard. “But these days I probably only hate it 5% of the time, which is good.” Beard is gearing up for her fifth consecutive Olympic Games, if she can qualify for the USA Swimming Team at its upcoming Olympic
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Anna Wardley successfully completed her solo swim around Portsea Island in 7 hours 20 minutes yesterday to become the first person to complete the 21-km (13-mile) route. The 13°C (55°C) waters in one of the UK’s busiest harbours invigorated the British adventurer, “[The Five Island Swim Challenge] was absolutely amazing and I couldn’t have hoped
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