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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Sakae Esther Fujimoto was an accomplished scientist and open water swimmer who passed away from injuries sustained in a collision with a boat’s propeller at Pineview Reservoir. She was passionate about pool and open water swimming and had survived bilateral hip replacements and breast cancer. According to the Deserte News, she was hit and killed […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Indian teenager Sanket Bhirud has an intense drive and relentless determination that reminds us of a fellow open water swimmer from India: Tanarath Narayan Shenoy. Tanarath is a blind inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame who completed 3 English Channel swims, 1 Catalina Channel crossing and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. bdnews24.com, Bangladesh’s online news source, reported that ten teenagers (five boys and five girls), including some who had never seen the ocean before, completed a 14.5K swim across the Bay of Bengal on February 18th. After starting on Shahpari Island of Teknaf, which has one of the longest beaches
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The West Australian reported that a swimmer’s leg was cut when their leg hit a boat propeller during the Rottnest Channel Swim. While her injuries were reportedly not serious and three rescue boats tended to the injured swimmer, this accident is another reminder of the inherent risk of open water swimming when boats and swimmers
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51-year-old Craig Coombs of the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco (shown on left), 29-year-old Scott Harvey M.D., 38-year-old Steve Minaglia M.D. of the Waikiki Swim Club completed a 9.3-mile (15K) marathon swim in 74° water across the Pailolo Channel from the island of Maui to the island of Molokai on February 4th. They
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Alexander Brylin is preparing for the swim of his life.,br/> The head of the organizing committee of the Meeting of the Sun (First Intercontinental Swimming Relay From Eurasia To America Across The Bering Strait) is currently training and planning for the unprecedented 86K (53 mile) relay swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka,
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There is something special about swimming a point-to-point course from an island to the mainland. The sense of accomplishment, the thrill of crossing a channel and the visual allure of traversing across an aquatic venue are some of the reasons why swimmers are drawn to the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco, the Cadiz Freedom
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Jose Diaz talks about Matías Ola‘s Unir el Mundo project. Between August 2012 and November 2013, Matías‘s Unir el Mundo project will take him from Marruecos in Morocco to Tarifa, Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar, from Papua New Guinea to Jayapura, Indonesia, from Aquaba, Jordan to Egypt, from Big Diomede Island, Russia to Alaska
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Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre reached 5,000 friends on Facebook. “Our 5,000 Open Water Nadandolibre Facebook friends come from around the planet who are somehow related to swimming in the open water.” To Nadandolibre, established in a landlocked city as Madrid without large bodies of water to enjoy, can enjoy getting to feel and live the
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USA Swimming introduced its new sanctioning process for open water swimming events. For safety reasons, all USA Swimming open water sanctions required approval by USA Swimming via its designated Zone Representative. Beginning in 2012, open water race directors must submit a Sanction Application and comprehensive Open Water Meet Application to their respective Local Swim Committee
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