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“Expect the Unexpected” WOWSA expects the unexpected at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Both the men’s and women’s races will be extremely close in the very flat-, very warm-water, extremely humid and tightly-packed conditions. It is anyone’s guess what will happen in the women’s race on August 4th and the […]
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2020 Tokyo Olympic Female Finalists
Click on the finalists below to see WOWSA’s predictions and vote for your favorite athlete to win the prizes below.
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Syamala Goli completed a 30 km crossing of the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
Syamala Goli Crosses The Palk Strait Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ky Hurst of Australia and Yasu Fukuoka of Japan were once fierce rivals in Olympic marathon swimming. Hurst finished 11th in 2008 in Beijing and 20th in 2012 in London. Fukuoka finished 15th in 2012 in London and 8th in 2016 in Rio. They also competed frequently on the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pablo Fernández Álvarez swam 250 km in 26 hours 36 minutes in a logistically-challenging current-assisted (current-positive) ocean swim in the Gulf Stream. Along the way, he completed the first 100 km in 11 hours 7 minutes, breaking his previous record of 12 hours 21 minutes set in 2019. At 10 am
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez set a world record for the longest ocean swim at 250 km using the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida in 26 hours 36 minutes.
Pablo Fernández Álvarez Swims History’s Longest, Fastest Ocean Swim Read More »
Return of the Kingdom Swim is held on July 23-24 in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont
Back To The Future With The Kingdom Swim Read More »
Vanesa Garcia has spent 10 years competing in the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series
Ten Years Around The World Started With A Dream By Vanessa Garcia Read More »
Huntington Beach High School is sending 4 of its athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games in water polo, surfing, diving and volleyball.
Surf City Athletes At The Tokyo Olympics Read More »
Oliver Rush will attempt a circumnavigation swim around the Isle of Wight in a wetsuit.
A Rush To Get Around The Isle of Wight Read More »