What Is Your Swim To Remember?
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International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame’s Class Of 2012
Every year, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) honors its marathon swimming heroes and champions. The inductees of the IMSHOF Class of 2012 join 220 other members of this esteemed group of aquatic adventurers. Chris Green (Great Britain), Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands), Larisa Ilchenko (Russia), David Parcells (USA) and Marcos Díaz (Dominican
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The Hardest Turnaround Since Abou-Heif Swam The World in 1963
Abdul-Latiff Abou-Heif of Egypt was voted the best marathon swimmer of the 20th century. His summer of 1963 as a 34-year-old professional marathon swimmer was legendary. He started his season of dominance by winning the Capri-Naples swim, an 18-mile (28.9K) swim from the island of Capri to the city of Naples in Italy in 8
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Which Would You Rather Face?
Jellyfish come in different sizes, shapes and colors – and many of them sting really bad – see examples here. The jellyfish on the left face swimmers in the North Channel; the blue bottles on the right face swimmers in Australia. Nuala Moore, an open water swimmer, coach and diver, talks about the Lion’s Mane
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Bidding Aloha To Stephen Redmond In Molokai
According to Donal Buckley of the LoneSwimmer.com who is in contact with the Stephen Redmond team headquartered on Oahu and Maui, Stephen is attempting his fifth leg of the Oceans Seven today. With the Catalina Channel only recently completed, his body has little time to recover, but with 80% of his effort depending on his
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The Vitruvian Swimmer
The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487. The drawing and accompanying text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions. The drawing shows and explains the correlations of ideal human proportions. If Leonardo would have made the Vitruvian Swimmer for open water swimming, what would those proportions and explanations
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Leonardo da Vinci Would Have Been A Great Swimmer Or Coach
Thinking imaginatively, the great scientist, painter, inventor, engineer and sculptor Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) would have enjoyed open water swimming in modern times. There are various hints in his writing, drawings, quotes and thinking that led us to believe so. Based on his most famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man is where he presented the ideal
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Anna-Carin Nordin Completes Molokai
According to a Michelle Macy tweet, “Anna-Carin Nordin completed Molokai Channel after 18+ hours. She looks amazing and all smiles“. After her 43.4K solo from Eckerö, Finland to Grisslehamn, Sweden in 14 hours 31 minutes under very rough seas and her Molokai conquest, this has been some year for the 41-year-old. Copyright © 2011 by
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Crossing Borders Into The Open Water
You do not need a passport to cross it, but the shoreline is a distinct border marking the beginning of the world of open water, where rules and expectations are significantly different from those of the terrestrial world. If you cannot see the bottom, the open water course is essentially unfathomable, leading to an experience
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FINIS Supports Open Water At Pan Am Masters Championships
Swimsuit manufacturer FINIS has a special offer supporting next month’s Pan American Master’s swimming championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For a limited time, masters open water swimmers can pick up one of FINIS’s Velo technical swimsuit at a very special price for open water swimming competitors. Visit the FINIS web store and use code
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