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Chandan Sarkar of Bengal won the 68th edition of the 81 km India National Open Water Swimming Competition on the River Bhagirathi over 23 men and 4 women. After finishing third in last year’s event, Sarkar comfortably won in 11 hours, 4 minutes over Debkumar Halder in 11:17:08 and Mohammad Moonmoon Ahmed of Bangladesh in […]
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According to Michael Chorost who wrote an enlightening article for Wired Magazine, 1.6 million Americans live without an arm or leg. And there are many more millions of people around the world who are also missing a leg or arm, hand or foot. Some of these individuals participate in open water swims and are always
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Sometimes there are Big Moments in an open water swim where the athlete meets the moment. It can flash by in an instant or it can take place over a much longer period of time. But those Big Moments are memorable. This was Nicholas Caine‘s Big Moment at the 10-hour mark of his English Channel
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In the major international competitions, the goal is a vertical finish where the athletes must touch (not just cross the vertical plane). In the recent FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Eilat, Israel, third place Evgeny Drattsev of Russia perfectly timed his reach up and forward to the finish behind victorious Spyridon Gianniotis
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Brett Hillyard is a commercial photographer, specializing in advertising, editorial, and portraiture in the San Francisco area. Kim Chambers was the subject of his documentary style of shooting, but he also has a secret for that “wet” look. A bit of Vaseline and some water from a spray bottle is what it takes to produce
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Below is list of Officers elected to International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame volunteer positions for the period of 21 January 2012 through 31 December 2015: The next meeting of the 51-year-old organization will be held before the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and dinner on the Queen Mary in Long Beach,
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The Henley Swim Classic will hold an inaugural Elite cash-prize race in addition to its early-morning amateur heats after its June 24th races on Henley-on-Thames. The upstream 2.1 km race will have separate heats for men and women with prize money of £500. Athletes hoping to race in the Elite category must meet one of
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Maarten van der Weijden will be honored at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies as a member of the Class of 2011. The ceremonies will be held during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21-23. “A man believes what he wants
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Martin Strel will explain his exploits at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21-23. Interested swimmers can use voucher code “ows2012” to receive a 10% discount on Martin Strel‘s Swimming Vacation on Lake Powell. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Malcolm Humphreys, a 75-year-old member of the Devizes Masters Swimming Club, is setting an example for swimmers in Thailand. Humphreys set a world record in his recent swim across the 4.24 nautical mile (7.85 km) strait between the Royal Varuna Yacht Club to Koh Lan Island in the Bay of Bangkok in Thailand (see photo
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