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In discussions among open water swimming enthusiasts around the world, people occasionally discuss great open water swimming venues, from Malta, Messina and Melbourne to Dover, Cayman Islands and Cape Town … How does the open water swimming community define outstanding venues? It is our guess that everyone has different parameters to define their ideal venue. […]
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The registration for the always popular and generally sold-out 26.4K 25. International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen Zürichseeschwimmen von Rapperswil nach Zürich on August 5th 2012 are now open. Registration will remain open until November 15th. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the extremely popular Manhattan Island Marathon Swim filled up quickly. Immediately upon the application
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FINA provided a number of clarifications and rules regarding open water swimming. These include the following: BL 9.3.7.2 Numbering of swimmers The numbering of athletes is to appear on the arms, upper backs and hands of competitors. On the arms, the numbers shall be arranged vertically. On the upper backs and hands, the numbering is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a series of posts on nutrition for open water swimming, Evan Morrison (here, here and here) and Donal Buckley wax poetically and passionately about nutrition and marathon swimming. They explore, inquire and ponder a number of issues, ideas and information. The World Open Water Swimming Association will ask
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TriMag Asia‘s upcoming issue will have an article on the Oceans Seven. It call the Oceans Seven, the last great challenge in endurance sports. While it may be a great challenge in endurance sports, the road to the Oceans Seven has just begun for marathon swimmers around the world. As renowned marathon swimmers like Penny
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Luminaries, veterans, administrators, observers and newcomers to the channel community will gather in Southern California tomorrow to celebrate and honor channel swimmers and relays who succeeded in California channel swims this season. The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation and the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association awards banquets will be held tomorrow in San Pedro, California, conveniently
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Some marathon swimming commentators have identified the Cuba Swim as a race between Penny Palfrey and Diana Nyad. Our view is a bit different. The 103-mile Cuba Swim is an example of two women who have a similar dream for different reasons in different stages of their lives. The 62-year-old Diana has had this goal
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TUNISIA. Day by day, kilometer by kilometer, Nejib Belhedi is swimming 1,400K along the coastline of Tunisia. One of this week’s legs on his stage swim is along Yasmine Hammamet Beach. Known as Tunisia’s Saint Tropez, Hammamet is one of the country’s prime holiday destination. A number of escort boats and spectators along the beach
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival (IAHSFF) that will be held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA in May 9th – 12th, 2012. Dr Stathis Avramidis, a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) and Associate at the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,
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Niek Kloots reported that Donald Uijtenbogaart, a member of the Dutch Masters Swimming Hall of Fame, won the 3K race in Yalta, Ukraine for the sixth consecutive time at the European Masters Swimming Championships this September. Since its introduction in 2001 of the 3K Championships, Donald has won all the European titles in his age-group.
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