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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Superstitions exist throughout the world of sports and life. When the outcome of an open water swim or race is unknown, some athletes feel compelled to introduce a bit more control and a dash more good luck into their equation. Many athletes across the competitive spectrum, borders and cultures, prepare the same way on the […]
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Football has FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Pool swimming has FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Volleyball has FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball). These global organizations were established to bring uniformity, promotion and governance to their respective sports. What does open water swimming have? Frankly, it is an expansive alphabet soup. There are dozens of
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Under the leadership of Kester Edwards and coaches like Penny McDowall of the Cayman Islands and Rudsel Maria of Curaçao, the aquatic discipline of open water swimming is growing worldwide in the Special Olympics community. Rudsel Maria is exemplary, guiding his athletes for local Special Olympics open water swimming events and international competitions from Curacao
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Below is a partial list of the growing number of marathon swims (long distance swims, ultra-marathon swims) in America. These include established solo swims governed by an existing association or federation, relays, events and competitions, but it does not include stage swims by one individual or solo swims not governed by an existing association or
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In May 9th-12th, the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium and Film Festival (IAHSFF) was held during the International Swimming Hall of Fame weekend in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. The participants represented a diverse and illustrious group of aquatic enthusiasts from all over the world met for 4 days of speeches,
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Zhang Jian coached Ge Yu across the Changyang Qingjiang area for 19 hours 44 minutes and 65.79 km on September 9th. He attempted to set a record in the Qingjiang River. But the young 19-year-old Yu was stopped short of his goal when stomach cramps prevented him from going on to break the record of
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After three days of constant classroom sessions, POW workouts and open water workouts, the first Special Olympics open water swimming clinic came to a culmination at the 10th annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands. “The athletes have such passion and interest in open water swimming,” said Steven Munatones.
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After a week of constant, unseasonably hard rains with thundershowers, the skies let up and the waves settled down for a gorgeous running of the 10th annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands. “After all the weather we’ve been having, the conditions [for the race] were great,” said Bill
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2,326 adult swimmers will take to the open water in the Adriatic Sea in Italy, where a record number will participate in the 14th FINA World Masters Championships from June 3-17. From 20 to over 100 years old, swimmers from Italy, Germany, France, Russia, USA, Great Britain, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Venezuela,
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UltraRunning Magazine reported the number of ultra-distance runners in the United States was 52,000 in 2011 and 518,000 people finished a marathon run in the U.S. in 2011. How do the runners compare with their marathon swimming brethren in the U.S.? It seems the estimated number of swimmers remains still a tiny fraction of endurance
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