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The highly successful King and Queen of the Sea Challenge (Circuito Light Rei e Rainha Do Mar Desafio in Portuguese) is lining up some blazing fast mermans and mermaids for the annual competition televised by TV Globo. Part of a popular series in Brazil, the King and Queen of the Sea Challenge is a pro […]
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Breccene Ennis from Dublin swims for the Glenalbyn Masters Swim Club who is scheduled for another shot in the English Channel in 2012 after aborting an earlier English Channel attempt. Breccene talks about a scary and potentially catastrophic hypothermia incident that was happily averted. “It was a normal February dip in the 40 foot in
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The New York Road Runners organizes the annual ING New York City Marathon. A one-day event, the ever-popular ING New York City Marathon attracts over 45,000 runners. but the Road Runners are considering expanding their marathon to a two-day event over a single weekend event in order to allow as many as 100,000 runners participate.
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Kim Bierwert of Smith College Swimming & Diving described the five successful English Channel swimmers from Smith College, a highly selective, independent women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts. “Margaret Broenniman, Class of 1985, did a 10 hour 37 minute crossing in 1984. Maura Fitzpatrick, another alumnus of the Class of 1985, did a 11 hour
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Captain Bob Andrieux and First Mate Mike Bewley are the undefeated escort pilots of the Santa Barbara Channel island swims. He has been running the Tuna Thumper out of the Ventura Harbor for 22 years. He helps escort swimmers to, from, around and between the seven islands in the Santa Barbara Channel. What is unique
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The sold-out Catalina Channel Swimming Federation annual banquet brought together the who’s who of the 2011 Catalina Channel season and its past heroes yesterday in San Pedro, California. Heroines of yesterday like Lynne Cox and Cindy Cleveland rubbed shoulders with the current generation of channel conquerors in the 30th anniversary of the Federation. Volunteers, kayakers,
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Pilar Geijo dominó el mundo de las aguas abiertas profesionales por segundo año consecutivo. Ella gano el FIna Open Water Swimming Grand Prix con podios en 15K Rosario, Argentina (tercera), 57K Sante Fe-Coronda, Argentina (segunda), 88K Hernandarias-Paraná, Argentina (victoria), 36K Capri-Napoli, Italy (victoria), 32K Lac St-Jean, Canada (victoria), 34K Lac Memphrémagog Canada (victoria), y 30K
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