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Swedish lids are the calluses that appears as a bump of flesh on the upper eyelids of swimmers who wear Swedish goggles, a popular type of swimming goggles worn by many competitive pool and open water swimmers. The calluses are caused by pressure or friction on the skin caused by the plastic edge of the […]
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The Brian Curtis Mile is part of the Cadiz Swim Series in South Africa. The event was started in 1999 in memory of Brian Curtis, one of the founding directors of Cadiz Holdings Limited, in 1994. As a director of Cadiz his main role was to implement and develop the fixed income research and broking
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Twins Chris And Matt Hales Create Goggles for Guppies Courtesy of WOWSA, Mission Viejo, California. 12-year old twin brothers Chris and Matt Hales swim for the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California. Motivated after seeing the plight of disadvantaged children during an international swim meet in Mexico, the twin competitive swimmers took matters into their
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New to the annual Swim Miami ocean event in Florida, Jonathan Strauss is hosting the inaugural Media Challenge on April 21st. Each media company will be given the opportunity to send a representative to the Challenge to compete in a short race. “Beware. We did say challenge, so there will be obstacles along the way.
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One of the most unusual starts of any open water swim in the world takes place on a sand bar that is not visible for much of the day. The Nukasiga Sand Bar is the start of the 2.7K Fiji Swims, the brainchild of David Handley. The swimmers assemble on Treasure Island and are told
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LAKE TAUPO. Kane Radford and Cara Baker won more national titles at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships. 24 hours after qualifying for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race, the Kiwi duo showed they have the potential to carry New Zealand’s colors at the 2012 London Olympics. Kane was in the lead pack
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This week, Open Water Source is presenting a four-part series of the Greatest Open Water Swims In History. The Greatest Open Water Swims in History is a list of 101 historic open water swims, relays, professional marathon races, match swims or events in all seven continents on Planet Earth (as of 2011) that were unprecedented,
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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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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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