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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Earlier in the week, the Daily News of Open Water Swimming posted a review of the use of electronic shark shields in various open water swimming venues and channels around the world (see here). Stacey Herbertson, Executive Officer and Event Manager at Rottnest Channel Swim Association in Perth, Australia, […]
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The Great Big Monster Sea Swim is an unprecedented swim from Guernsey to South Devon in England. The relay is an 81-mile (130 km) charity event for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Scheduled for August, the 5-man team includes Karl Whittaker, Paul Irwin, Dr. Bruce Hughes, Jon Parker, and John Jameson. “Our goal is a corporate
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Whether Great Britain is represented by Olympian Daniel Fogg or two-time Olympic medalist David Davies, the pace of the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim on August 10th will be blazing fast. Fogg, the 14:55 1500m pool swimmer, or Davies, the 14:45 1500m swimmer, will certainly add fuel to the fire and push the pace in the
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The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was originally about Nejib Belhedi‘s solo swim across 1,400 km across the coast of his native Tunisia. But the pioneering Tunisian marathon swimmer always had a greater vision and plenty of energy to spare. He has motivated people of all ages, but especially the youth,
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“5-meter swells bashed the coast until Sunday night for the first time in April in living memory,” explained Theodore Yach about last Sunday’s postponed 5.3 km Atlantic Dash. “But we race this weekend.” The first swim race from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three Anchor Bay will be limited to 20 elite swimmers on April 21st.
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The Daily News of Open Water Swimming is guessing that the sport of triathlon will make some major announcements at this weekend’s 2012 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where nearly 1,300 collegiate triathletes will vie for individual and team national titles in an Olympic-distance race (1500m swim + 40 km bike +
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Accolades are pouring in from around the world for Jim Doty who passed away yesterday in the company of his family near Boston. The marathon swimming icon from New England was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 2002 and served on its Board of Directors for a
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SuperSport of South Africa covered the controversy over the disqualification of one of open water swimming’s greatest ambassadors, Natalie du Toit. SuperSport reported that the 2008 South African team Olympic flag-bearer was disqualified for “unsporting behaviour after she was deemed by referee Peter Pienaar to have blocked the path of fellow competitor Michelle Weber” at
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Come mid-June on the two different sides of Mexico, Paul Lundgren and Penny Palfrey may be swimming into history. Both are scheduled for solo ultra-marathon swims in warm waters: Lundgren is attempting an unprecedented 76-mile (122 km) solo swim across the Sea of Cortez (see map below), starting on the eastern side of Baja California
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Swann Oberson, one of the pre-race favorites for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim, talks about her strategy at the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games with Swimming World Magazine’s Peter Busch: For a list of the women’s Olympic 10km Marathon Swim pre-race medal contenders, visit here. Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine
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