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Like nearly every human endeavor and sport, there seem to be frequent generational differences in opinions regarding equipment, technology, competition, promotional and rules. In the open water swimming world, from California to Copacabana, stand-up paddlers are becoming more and more prevalent as escorts and safety personnel on open water courses. Their enthusiasm and support of […]
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Open Water Source will host a webinar live from the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco on September 17th: Women In The Water Webinar. The one-hour Women In The Water webinar will start at 4 pm San Francisco time (7 pm New York time). The co-hosts will talk about the absolutely wonderful year that women
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Yesenia Cabrera of Guatemala (on August 9th) and Michael ‘Murph’ Renford of Australia (on September 6th) joined the elite members of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming by both separately completing their third leg in the Catalina Channel this summer season. They both expressed great pride in finally achieving this rare open water swimming
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Keo Nakama, a world-class athlete in three sports and an Honor Swimmer in both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (inducted in 1967) and the International Swimming Hall of Fame (inducted in 1975) passed away yesterday in Hawaii. Keo was known in the open water world as the first person to swim from the
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Italy was expected to win the 3-person 5K Team Event at the 2011 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel and won in major fashion by over one minute. Italy with Rachele Bruni, Luca Ferretti and Simone Ercoli won the gold in 56:12.4 over the Germans (57:15.2) and France (57:41.1). 2-time defending champion Russia
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Italy’s Martina Grimaldi has enjoyed the view of the podium around the world, but standing on top of the always competitive 10K race at the European Open Water Swimming Championships is always especially sweet. Martina won under exceptional conditions in Eilat, Israel’s Royal Beach on the Red Sea in 2:00:18.6, in a tight finish over
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At the European Open Water Swimming Championships, international superstar Thomas Lurz won his fourth consecutive European 10K gold medal in a typical fashion, holding off a fast-closing field in Israel’s Red Sea. The victory for the King of the Sea was well-deserved at Royal Beach and was, incredibly, he 25th international medal. With excellent weather
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Scott Zornig, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association president, wrote the following about his opinions regarding What Is Wrong With Marathon Swimmming: As the President of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, it is time to write about some things which have been gnawing away at me regarding marathon swimming. Please note that these are just
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Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, California Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University College London, University of Chicago, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, McGill, ETH Zurich, Australian National University, University of Edinburgh, University of Hong Kong and Tokyo University are considered among the best and most prestigious universities on Earth, attracting the best and brightest among the world’s
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Everyone loves lakes, but they need help. Amy McLoughlin, Sustainable Tourism Adviser of Nuture Lakeland, explains about the Love Your Lakes campaign. “Our campaign is based in the English Lake District, but the message is transferable. Too much phosphate from laundry and dishwashing detergent is ending up in our lakes causing toxic blue-green algae to