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LONDON. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On August 10th when 25 of the world’s fastest marathon swimmers take to the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10 km in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympics, there will be one man proudly wearing the green and gold of Australia – on a mission. Making the Olympic team […]
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It is obviously a channel swimmer. Also a marathon swimmer. But it is also a person who does a Polar Bear Swim and a lifeguard competition. It is also a multi-sport athlete or triathlete, at least those who do triathlons with a swim leg in an open body of water. It is also someone who
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Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros is an open water swimming butterflyer coached by Jose Diaz. Known as HHector, the former competitive swimmer sang the song Hip-HopenWater Nadandolibre (listen below). But in the ocean, his 2012 goals are all unprecedented butterfly swims: * 5K Ciudad Real – Ruidera (Laguna and Laguna King Hung) * 10K Murcia – Crossing
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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water swimmer’s bucket list? The potential list
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Dr. Oz is an accomplished author, surgeon, health advocate and American television personality. A former water polo player, he provided 28 steps to start off the new year. His friend and fellow television star and swimmer Oprah Winfrey agreed on these daily bits of advice. His first two bits of advice are to (1) Go
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Tom Hecker, the co-chairman of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club, completed his fourth channel of the Oceans Seven when he crossed the Cook Strait in 10 hours 36 minutes. Guided by the legendary Philip Rush, the popular, ever-optimistic 59-year-old marathon swimmer became the oldest person to successful swim in the notoriously rough and cold
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The fastest echelon of marathon swimmers is gathering this weekend in Rosario, Argentina at the Circuito 18° Marató Acuático Internactional “Ciudad de Rosario”for the start of the 2012 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The 15K race will kick off a series of eight races in Rosario, Santa Fe-Coronda (Argentina), Hernandarias-Paraná (Argentina), Capri-Napoli (Italy), Lac
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Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, surrounded by the Southern Ocean and encapsulating the South Pole. It is a white, cold place with about 98% of it covered by ice that averages at least 1 mile (1.6K) in thickness. As the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, Antarctica has no permanent residents; only scientists and support personnel
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Kate Greene, winner of the initial Adventure Swim Contest, finalized her series of swims across America. Kate, information technology specialist and prolific science and technology journalist, will do 1-3 mile swims in every American state between Tennessee and California: Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and California. She self-taught herself how
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Land Ho! A poem by Gordon Gridley: Dreary days at sea – hoping Mirages floating. At last beholding – A shape of hope Through all the clouds At once, arriving blessed moment. Never again recurring From the times of sorrow to this time of silent joy. Time stops for such experiences. Copyright © 1994 by
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