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HUNTINGTON BEACH. There are four more days of voting until the 2011 WOWSA Awards are announced. The top five vote-getters in each category (World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year) are below: 1. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) – […]
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SAN DIEGO. Catalina Channel swimmer Dr. Peter Attia is on to something and wants to make the world a healthier place tomorrow. He has started a war on insulin and he is calling others to go to battle with him against the great scourge of modern society: obesity. It is a good fight, but like
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POLAND. Tomasz Pąchalski, the organizer of BCT Gdynia Marathon (Morski Maraton Pływacki BCT Gdynia) in Poland, announced a new professional marathon swim from the Hel Peninsula to the city of Gdynia in Poland, offering a US$10,000 first prize for both men and women. The new 18.5K event will take place August 24-26 2012, soon after
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UK and SPAIN. David Jenkins was the winner of the British Heart Foundation’s Red for Heart Digital Photography Competition. By abiding by the only rule – incorporating red – David beautifully shot a swimmer getting ready to swim in the Sandford Parks Lido in Cheltenham, UK. In keeping with the British Heart Foundation’s theme, David
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In the final week of voting for the 2011 WOWSA Awards, there are three interesting races. In the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year voting, Petar Stoychev has forged into a slim lead over Jamie Patrick. In the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year voting, it is another close race between
Betony Garner, Press Officer of Communications & Public Affairs for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited provided a variety of fun facts about the Olympic marathon swim at the 2012 London Olympics. The proper term for the marathon swimming event is the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km in English. The
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If you are set about swimming across an entire country, how long would that take? In the case of Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia who is swimming 1,400K from the west to east of Tunisia, he started on June 22nd from Djerba Island and has swum over 700K to date as December ends. He is scheduled
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Steph Cox leads a number of hardy Serpentine swimming club members out of the Olympic water in Hyde Park, London, after the annual Pan Pan Cup Race on Christmas Day. Steph is a regular Serpentine swimmer who is preparing for the Winter Swimming World Championships in Latvia. When not immersed in sub-5°C or participating in
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Looking for a place to swim? Check out Wild Swim, a new worldwide wild swim map by the incomparable Kate Rew and the Outdoor Swimming Society. Find great open water swims from Mongolia to Miami. The renowned Wild Swim author and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society describes swimming in the wild with unique talents
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A Rose Starts To Bloom In The City Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deanne Draeger started the Rose Pitonof Swim in New York City in 2011. The open water swimming seeds she planted with the centennial of Rose’s swim in 1911 are on schedule to blossom big-time with her new Urban Swim in the
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