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Mano-a-mano , one on one, head to head, man to man. These all describe when two athletes face each other in the field of play, going at each other with gusto, intensity and fervor. Great individual rivalries include Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier when they went head-to-head in three classic heavyweight boxing matches (Fight of […]
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Selina Moreno Pasagali nació el 04 de julio de 1972 en Madrid, y es una autentica superviviente del cáncer de mama. Durante su recuperación de esta dura enfermedad ella a conseguido convertirse en una nadadora de maratón de prestigio internacional. Selina ha sido nominada para los premios 2011 de World Open Water Swimming Woman of
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From glassy flat to rougher and roughest, from one lake to another, those were the conditions that the athletes found at the 2011 Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge between October 19th and 23rd. The five-lake, five-stage event is unique and, like the individual medley races in the pool, can see a lot of changes from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA is reportedly considering the concept of mixed-gender relays for its pool events at the 2012 Short Course Worlds and the 2013 World Championships. This news comes in a report on the FINA Technical Swimming Committee meeting that was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Championships. The addition
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Forrest Nelson does swims quietly without a lot of fanfare, but his swims are major events in marathon swimming circles. From swimming across Catalina Channel in December to swimming around Catalina Island itself, Forrest goes about his marathon business as quiet and efficiently as his arm strokes slicing through a glassy Pacific Ocean in the
Egypt, the land of many famous marathon swimmers from the 1950s to the 1970s, has a strong tradition in the open water. Dr. Ahmed Rashad Sallam, originally from Alexandria and a former Egyptian national open water swimmer with a wealth of international racing experience, continues his participation on the global open water swimming community. Currently
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Beyond the human versus nature aspect of open water swimming, a competitive atmosphere is clearly evident at local, national, and international races. Some people want to merely finish; others want to win. Most competitors are somewhere in the middle. Olympians, professional marathon swimmers, and competitive triathletes have arsenals that contain a variety of racing tactics
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Urban runoff is the bane of open water swimmers. Whether the runoff is due to rainfall or the man-made pollutants and trash that make its ways from the streets, factories and farms to our rivers and oceans, it does affects open water swimmers, most of whom swim relatively close to the shorelines. The pollutants include
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Thomas Lurz is one well-known constant in the elite world of open water swimming. 2011 was no different. Thomas not only won his 7th world championship title in the 5K, but he also won the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series, the European 10K Championships, and only narrowly lost the world championship 10K title
Ana Marcela Cunha had dreams of returning to the Olympics after she finished fifth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 16-year-old was only 5 seconds outside the bronze medal in the 2-hour race. But she missed out on her second Olympics by a mere 4 seconds at the 2011