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Jesse Reynolds is a 15-year-old competitive swimmer who wears a prosthetic leg on land due to a rare condition, proximal femoral focal deficiency (a malformed hip socket and no thigh bone). But he did his first open water swim when he competed in the 5K race at the State Epic Swim and State Open Water […]
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Mohammad Hossein Bibi Kobadi continues on his 23rd straight day in his stage swim along the Persian Gulf. During his 1000K swim, the Iranian swim coach added a protective cage to his wetsuit, paddles and fins in the 20°C Strait of Hormuz. After a 25.9K swim the day before, he started his 23rd stage at
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People start open water swims in a variety of ways – some sprinting, some running, some jogging, many walking. Some do it aggressively, others calmly and others trepidatiously. The highlight program on Luiz Lima shows how they do it at the Traverssia dos Fortes at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Copyright © 2011
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Rendy Lynn Opdycke completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in a shortest period than anyone else in the history of the marathon swimming. Within a 36-day window in July and August 2008, the Washington state multi-sport athlete successfully completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7 hours 46 minutes on July 5th, then
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Pedro Rego Monteiro announced new courses for the 2012 King and Queen of the Sea Swim Series and Elite Challenge. 2012 will see the King and Queen of the Sea Swim Series offer three stages with innovations. The first stage is scheduled for the March 10th with the Sprint, Beach Biathlon and Challenge races. The
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Lisa Stansbie is an artist and open water swimmer. She is working on a new collection of artwork related to swimming which involves film, photography and sculpture. “I am collecting images of the weird and wonderful objects that swimmers make, such as feeding apparatus for channel swims. This is to either use the photographs in
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The New Zealand Herald reported that a 50-year-old man suffered a heart attack during the 2.5K Epic Swim in Lake Taupo yesterday. After getting into difficulty, attempts to resuscitate him by the water safety team and St John paramedics were unsuccessful. Matt Claridge, the interim Chief Executive at Water Safety New Zealand, said the passing
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Lisa Bier will present her book, Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women’s Swimming, 1870 – 1926, at the 1st International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival on May 9th – 12th. Lisa will present a number of gripping stories of the women who battled their communities and sometimes their families to swim competitively.
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Open water swimmers enjoy the sight of turtles swimming leisurely below them. Gracefully paddling at a seemingly mellow pace, sea turtles are marine reptiles that inhabit all of the world’s oceans except the Arctic. They also are immune from the sting of the box jellyfish and regularly eat them. But, sadly, all species of sea
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In addition to the world-famous Flowers Sea Swim, the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) organizes 7 different open water swims in its beautifully tranquil waters. Participants, mostly local, but an increasing number of foreign swimmers, range in age from under 10 to over 70. Races are well-run, low-key events with the highest of safety
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