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Jellyfish aquariums may be just the most unique thing to give as a birthday or holiday gift for the open water swimmer in your household or on your team. Quick to set-up, colorful with changing LED lights and an excellent conversation starter, these funky jellyfish tanks can also theoretically help an open water swimmer psychologically […]
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Petar Stoychev, the only individual to concurrently hold the world record in the English Channel and be a FINA world champion, is now a father of two. His son, Peter (3.7kg, 51cm) was born on December 16th. Throw in his 11 consecutive years of dominance in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional marathon
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Skip Storch knows his fish. Not only from the water’s surface as a marathon swimmer, but also deep below as the inventive entrepreneur of Shu-Fly Tackle & Fly Shop of Nanuet, New York. “There is a reason why bait fish have evolved to have white undersides,” explained Skip.
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Universal Sports knows an interesting niche for public consumption of the open water world: adventure swimming. Not only has Jamie Patrick’s swim in Lake Tahoe been documented by Universal Sports, but they are also working on another film called “Swimming California” about his Sacramento River adventure swim. The film is about the experience of Jamie’s
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What a year 2011 has been for women in the water. Whether from the South American continent (Pilar Geijo), Oceania (Penny Palfrey), North America (Diana Nyad) or Europe (Keri-Anne Payne), this year’s women in the water have been incredibly impressive and inspirational. Whether they were quiet or eloquent, young or old, single or married, professional
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After a storm of media reports about Flavio Bomio‘s alleged sexual abuse of minors and information received from the Swiss Swimming Federation, FINA’s Cornel Marculescu suspended Bomio from his position as the Honorary Secretary of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee. In a statement issued today, FINA stated “FINA supports the Swiss Swimming Federation
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On his second day of his stage swim out in the Persian Gulf, 34-year-old Mohammad Hosein Bibi Kobadi swam for 3 hours and 10 minutes under the guidance of Captain Mahmood with crew members Amir Estaky, Mahdi Giviani, Ali Kobadi and Esmail Eskandari in support. Kobadi started at 2:45 pm between Hurmoz Island and Qeshm
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World Aquathlon Champion Richard Stannard was awarded the Inman Challenge Cup, the top prize at this year’s Henley Swim awards ceremony, at the Henley’s River and Rowing museum this week. Working closely with the museum, the founders of the mid-summer dawn event hold their prize-giving and networking event in the winter in order to give
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Months into his Swim Across Tunisia with months left to go, English Channel swimmer Nejib Belhedi is the epitome of patience, steadfastness and commitment. In the beginning of his 1,400K stage swim from one end of Tunisia to the other, it was simply Nejib, a lone swimmer and his local crew. Alone with their dream,
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Chafing is nearly always an issue for open water swimmers. Skin-on-skin, fabric-on-skin and hair-on-skin all cause chafing. But there is a special situation that requires a unique approach: beard-on-skin. And there are few who are experts in this niche area like Rob Dumouchel. “I may have taken swim bearding to a bit of an extreme,
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