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Caution: this film by United Utilities is a hard-hitting depiction of a drowning for educational purposes. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Thomas Lurz and Swann Oberson won the delayed British Gas Great East Swim that was delayed due to weather and winds. On the surface, Lurz took a weekend off of his intense training. With only 53 days left until the upcoming Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km on August 10th in the Serpentine, a weekend trip to
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The men competing in 2.1 km Henley Classic’s elite race will be looking to have their names inscribed on the Inman Cup, and the women on the Ovey Cup. Both of these cups date back to the 19th century proving that open water swimming has a lengthy history. The overall male and female winners of
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Lake Tanganyika is one of the African Great Lakes and the longest lake in the world. Proflight Zambia, which is Zambia’s only domestic airline, is sponsoring a marathon swimming relay to show its commitment to environmental conservation of Lake Tanganyika. The 5-day 40 km marathon Swim for Nsumbu, organized by Conservation Lake Tanganyika, will begin
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Trent Grimsey broke the 30-year-old record at the 47th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli yesterday in Italy. Set by legendary Paul Asmuth in 1982 in 6 hours 35 minutes, Grimsey blazed to a 6 hour 29 minute victory in his first marathon swim from Capri to Napoli. Second-place Edoardo Stochino of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the English Channel swimming history in 1985, Suzanne Heim-Bowen did a 10 hour 11 minute crossing. 17 people successfully crossed the English Channel that year including some speedy crossings by Philip Rush who did a two-way crossing in 17 hours 56 minutes, Paul Asmuth who did two
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It makes sense: the individuals who are optimally positioned to understand the effects of pollution in the world’s oceans are open water swimmers. Completely enveloped in the increasingly polluted marine environment, open water athletes swim into pollution, taste it, smell it and see it all the time. Their skin is exposed to it, they absorb
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“Even monkeys fall from trees,” so says the old Japanese proverb (猿も木から落ちる). So despite Stephen Redmond‘s many successes in the North Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Fastnet Rock, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel and English Channel, his track record is not perfect. But that is the nature of open water swimming and the inherent risk
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Swimming Canada has high hopes for its open water swimmers at the 2012 London Olympics: Richard Weinberger and Zsofia Balazs. Millions of Canadians will be watching these young athletes compete in the heart of London – as will the long list of Canadian heroes and heroines who have written chapters in the annals of marathon
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Matthew Webb swim to his death there. And there was a 128-year ban of daredevil stunts in the famous falls that border the United States and Canada. But like inspirational swimmers around the world who break barriers in the open water, Nik Wallenda dramatically broke barriers above the open water when he walked across the
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