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The English Channel, the Catalina Channel and the Molokai Channel are well-known open water swimming challenges around the world. It takes hard work and dedication to cross these channels. But are there other warm-water, mini channels around the world for people who want to become a channel swimmer but do not want to swim 20 […]
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Jim Boucher, President of the Surrey County ASA, described the conditions and competition at the 2012 World Winter Swimming Championships in Jurmala, Latvia in colorful terms. “I was there, but the Western European blokes tended to lose out to Eastern Europeans who looked like they generally caught and killed their daily lunch rather than get
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“Because it’s there,” the famous words of English mountaineer George Mallory sum up well the thoughts open water swimmers have regarding big lakes around the world. George’s answer to “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” can apply to open water swimming where swimmers tackle big lakes all around the world. From Lake Michigan
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California. One size definitely does not fit all in the open water swimming world. From training habits to feeding, open water swimmers follow an exceeding wide range of parameters. And shaving down is no different. Some athletes like English Channel world record holder Petar Stoychev and Olympians like Mark Warkentin shave down for
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U.S. Masters Swimming will present an Open Water Swim Clinic in conjunction with the USMS 25K Open Water Nationals in Noblesville, Indiana. The clinic is jam-packed with several experienced open water swimmers and headlines two Triple Crown swimmers (Mallory Mead and Jim Barber. The coaching staff has more than 100 years of open water swimming
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SANTOS, Brazil. Professional marathon swimmers have a choice this coming Sunday: compete 10K off the Atlantic shore in Santos, Brazil in the opening leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup or race 57K in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix between Santa Fe and Coronda in Argentina. 31 women and 58 men
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. The ever-positive, always-energetic disabled swimmer Salvatore Cimmino continues on his A nuoto nei mari del globo (Swimming in the Seas of the Globe) project. Salvatore will swim 40K in the Republic of the Congo from Kiumba on Idwji Island to Goma in April. Salvatore explains his next swim, “The DRC is
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“We are looking for one more swimmer to participate with us – swimming for short 20-minute swims 4-5 times over a 24-30 hour period in sub-5 waters near the Arctic Circle,” explained British extreme swimmer Jack Bright. “We are trying to have as many nations represented as possible and adding an American would be very
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DOVER, England. Petar Stoychev, the only person to swim under 7 hours in the English Channel, knows the value of preparing himself in every aspect of the sport. He trains, he eats, he travels and he races like the 11-time professional marathon swimming champion he is. And he shaves down. While shaving down is not
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7-time world marathon swimming championship Shelley Taylor-Smith talks about racing against the world’s top professional marathon swimming men and sleeping in her togs here at the 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. Courtesy of The Athlete Village Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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