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The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation will hold their annual celebration of relay and solo swimmers on November 5th in San Pedro, California. All supporters, family, friends and swimmers – whether former swimmers, current swimmers or future possible channel swimmers – are cordially invited to join this inspirational celebration for US$30. Copyright © 2011 by Open […]
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Tom Allen and Christine Jennings are picking up confidence, steam and motivation as they head into the Olympic year with earned hard-fought victories in the annual British Gas Great Scottish Swim in Strathclyde Park. Christine and Olympian Jana Pechanova of the Czech Republic swapped lead positions until Christian edged Jana at the end in 18:06:11
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Steve Jobs, the legendary entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, passed away today. His vision, energy and talents were immense and his influence on various industries were even greater. As a result of his creativity, he led Apple to invent devices that are easy to use, gorgeous pieces of silicon and plastic, and essential to millions
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Once of the most frustrating elements for open water swimmers to deal with is wind and the resultant surface chop or whitewater. Whether the wind is blowing against, with or laterally, the wind waves are obstacles for open water swimmers to overcome. So when mariners talk about “fetch“, what do they mean? Fetch is the
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Ted Erikson remembers his first Farallon Islands attempt in 1966. “After ~17 hours and a starting water temperature of 52°F, the water decreased to ~48 °F (9°C), or less as night fell. I sank into a very weird state of oblivion being unable to respond coherently or understand
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At the close of the NBC telecast of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, NBC sportcaster Cris Collinsworth summed up his images and impressions of the Olympics and Beijing. In an eloquent tribute together with Bob Costas, Cris said that his most memorable moment was Natalie du Toit competing in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Many fans,
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What is cold to a Cayman Islands swimmer is not cold to a Sandycove Island swimmer. But what is cold to a Sandycove Island swimmer is not cold to a Lynne Cox, Lewis Pugh or Ram Barkai. While many things in the open water world are relative, tackling a 42.48-mile (68.3K) double-crossing of Lake Tahoe
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31-year-old Evan Morrison from Goleta, California set the record in the Ederle Swim this weekend with a 5 hour 24 minute effort from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Manhattan Island, New York. He broke the existing record of 6:06 by Liz Fry as did 16-year old Emma Otto-Moudry who finished second in 5:36. The swim,
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Veteran marathon swimmer Michelle Macy announced the Still Water Eight, eight marathon swims in lakes around the world. The new marathon swimming goal is capturing the attention of very seriously-minded open water swimmers who focus on challenging still-water marathon swims. The successful completion of these 8 marathon swims has never been recorded by a single
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Similar to Angela Maurer and her teammates from Germany (see here), Thomas Lurz lead a German sweep of the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series. The wily veteran and multiple world champion in the 5K and 10K out-pointed teammates Christian Reichert and Andreas Waschburger over the course of the long season that stretched
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