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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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Julie Galloway had an exciting and eventful summer season this year. Between completing a two-way English Channel relay in 24 hours and 4 minutes as a charity fundraiser for the National Rehabilitation Hospital and getting married, she established the world record of 9 hours 32 minutes for the Round Jersey swim. A highly technical circumnavigation
Simon Murie keeps bringing the challenge and allure of the open water swimming world closer to its growing community. With the aim of introducing open water to experienced and inexperienced swimmers in a safe yet challenging environment, he organizes hundreds of weekend and week-long tours and training camps around the world. Thousands of people improve
Spyridon Gianniotis keeps improving in the open water. His hard work and improved racing tactics all came together in Shanghai at the 2011 World Championships where he won the prestigious 10K race over favored Thomas Lurz and earn a hard-fought silver medal in the 5K. Now heading back to his fourth Olympics as a result
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Elizabeth Fry is a 52-year-old financial services consultant who could not just swim things once in 2011. She first set the double crossing record in the 35-mile Ederle Swim from Manhattan Island to New Jersey – and back – in June. Finishing in 11 hours 5 minutes, she set
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Salvatore Cimmino is swimming in the Seas of the Globe in order to raise awareness about physical disabilities. After getting his leg amputated at the age of 15, he turned to swimming for therapeutic reasons. His therapy has now transformed to a passion that drives him around the world. His Swimming in the Seas
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Pamela Dickson is a 56-year-old grandmother of ten who became the oldest person to swim 40.2K across Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in New Zealand, in 13 hours 56 minutes. The oldest person to swim the Cook Strait dug deep and proved that her chronological age was less important than the rhythm she has developed
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Bruckner Chase is bringing together the world of ocean environmentalism to the growing community of open water swimmers. Meeting after meeting, Bruckner is leveraging governmental resources from Washington D.C. to Samoa to conduct a number of ocean-related initiatives together with innovative open water swimming programs. He is also creating international open water swimming programs for
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