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World Cup Stage Two In Viedma This Saturday
While their ultra-marathon swimming colleagues are tackling an 88K swim down the Paraná River, the second stage of the shorter FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup will be held in Viedma, Argentina this Saturday, February 4th. The tough-nosed competition will feature 19 of the world’s top women and 24 of the men’s top men. After
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Paraná Is Where The Ultra-Marathoning Elite Gather Sunday
While the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup moves to Viedma, Argentina this Saturday, the ultra-marathon professional swimmers on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit will be in for a long day on Sunday, February 5th. A week after they competed in a down-to-the-wire 57K race from Santa Fe to Coronda, the marathon
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Andreas Waschburger, Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Hopeful
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open Water Source will look at all the 2012 Olympic hopefuls and dark horses in the series of perspectives on this year’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the London Olympics. Fans of the sport know well gold medal favorites like Keri-Anne Payne, Martina Grimaldi, Thomas Lurz and Spyridon Gianniotis,
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Where Sharks And Swimmers Co-Exist
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Discovery Channel’s Shark Week describes ten places around the world where sharks can be readily seen and are always around. 1. Cocos Island in Costa Rica with loads of hammerheads and whitetip reef sharks. 2. Isla Mujeres in Mexico with pods of giant plankton-feeding whale sharks. 3. Great Barrier
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Far Forward Thinking In The Open Water
When will JetLevs be used in open water swimming and triathlon competitions? Our guess is that it will not be that far off. Paddle boards, kayaks, Boston Whalers, canoes and watercraft of all kinds are used to escort swimmers and monitor open water swimming competitions around the world. Occasionally, aerial viewing (to enhance the safety
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Add Another Olympian To The Open Water Mix
Olympic swimming heroes and heroines have occasionally turned to open water swimming in their post-Olympic careers. Shane Gould, the five-time Australian Olympic medalist, runs the Devil of a Swim in Tasmania and continues to be a passionate advocate for learning how to swim, especially for those who live near the ocean or on island nations.
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World’s Best Open Water Swims
The world has more than 4,000 sanctioned open water swimming clinics, camps, tours, races and events in at least 158 countries. The sport is growing like never before – and usually under the radar of national governing bodies and the mass media. A list of some of the world’s greatest, most popular or challenging open
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How To Add Videos To Openwaterpedia
2,524 swimmers are posted in Openwaterpedia. Additionally, 614 different open water swimming terms, 853 different open water swimming places, 589 different open water swimming products, 53 escort pilots, 98 different open water swimming services. 249 different open water swimming coaches, 541 different open water swimming records, 1,946 different open water swimming records, 502 different open
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Anna Uvarova Wins 57K Sante Fe-Coronda Marathon
After coming in second at the 18º Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario, Russian Anna Uvarova beat favored Pilar Geijo of Argentina. Getting off to a great start in South America on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit, Anna looks to give 2-time defending Grand Prix champion Pilar all she can handle for
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