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HUNTINGTON BEACH. It is coming right down to the wire in the World Open Water Swimming Awards (WOWSA) with lots of movement in the polling results over the last few days. 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 […]
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Triathlon growth is skyrocketing.
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IRELAND. As Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward of Ireland are awaiting the sub-5°C water this coming Sundayin Port na Blath together with Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association. Ram will certify Nuala and Anne Marie’s New Year’s Eve ice swim where the water temperature must be lower than 5°C for the
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CALIFORNIA. Erin Strout of Experience Life writes about how swimming can help establish a lifetime of health, fitness and vitality. While Erin focuses on the benefits of swimming laps in a pool, a growing number of swimmers understand that the human brain is emotionally energized by the open water. In effect, open water swimming gives
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HUNTINGTON BEACH. As open water swimmers know all too well, there are times when marine vessels (leisure boats, escort boats, media boats, safety boats, JetSkis, wave runners) get in the path of swimmers. There are also times when swimmers take an ill-advised tangent across the path of motorized vessels – or simply go off-course into
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HINSDALE. One of the most influential luminaries in athletics in the United States, Dr. Donna Lopiano, former president of the Women’s Sports Foundation, wrote glowingly about Sandra Bucha, one of the stars of the world professional marathon swimming circuit in the 1970s. “Between 1973 and 1975, Sandra was the female winner in the nine professional
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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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