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This weekend, August 13th-14th, there will be four major international competitions as well as hundreds of local and amateur open water swimming events around the world. First off on Saturday is the inaugural 10K races at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. Then the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim test event, called the London 10km […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During Diana Nyad’s ultra-marathon swim attempt, she had a team of experts at her side including Luke Tipple who was one of her protective shark divers. As a conservationist, marine biologist and television host with impeccable credentials and a comprehensive scope of experience, Tipple explains his role during Diana’s
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Québec, Canada has always hosted some of the finest marathon swimming events in the world that have seen many of the best open water swimmers participate in. As a result, fans in Québec have been able to witness some of the world’s fastest marathon swimmers over the past several decades in dozens of very difficult
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In making my way down to Dover from London I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Coming from the train station to the local hotel I could see huge cruise ships and ferry boats on each side of the protected marina and out on the horizon the howling winds had whipped up a white capped
A dramatic documentary, Diana Nyad: Xtreme Dream, will be broadcast on CNN on Saturday, September 17th at 8:00 pm. Diana told CNN after her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida was cut short nearly 50 miles from the start, “I was the best person I could be … that’s the message. I dug down,
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63 men from 22 countries have competed on the 2011 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The point leaders among the international field include the following swimmers after races in Rosario (ARG), Santa Fe (ARG), Viedma (ARG), Parana (ARG), Napoli ITA), Lac St-Jean (CAN), Lac Memphremagog (CAN), Sabac (SER), and the season-ending climax in Ohrid
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The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Serbia was a 19K professional marathon swim that along the Sava River, starting in Jarak and ending in Sabac. The men swam in a pack with Ivan Afanevich (RUS), Damian Blaum (ARG), Rodolfo Valenti (ITA), and Mohammed Saleh (SYR) among its leaders. The women swam in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The London 10km Marathon Swimming International is this week on August 13th. The tactics that the male and female Olympic 10 km marathon swimmers use a year from now may – or may not – be on display. What is going through the heads of these athletes as they
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Snow falls past midnight as I walk alone heading for home on a dimly lit city side-street. I think of days when I’ll find the roads that lead me to the open sea where I’ll swim over the high waves and dream of far-away destinations… Courtesy of John Daprato Copyright © 2011 by Open Water
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Federico “Denver” Troletti, president of Camuna Acquatica Swimming Club from Iseo, Italy, swum 54K across the length of Lake Garda. The organizer of the annual 10K round-the-island swim of MontIsola in Lake Iseo started in Riva del Garda in the north and took 16 hours 55 minutes to reach on Rivoltella in the south on
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