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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Tara Kirk Sellk, Think Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Tara Kirk Sell is an American Olympic swimming medalist and Stanford University graduate who went onto becoming a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the […]
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Courtesy of Kirsten Read, Kennebunk, Maine. Kirsten Read from Kennebunk, Maine runs KGR Coaching, an open water swimming coaching program [see here]. The competitive swimmer, collegiate rower, and artist has talents and creativity that go well beyond her coaching and open water swimming (she has won races from the Peaks to Portland Swim to the
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Matthew Moseley completed the first downstream marathon swim of the Green River in Colorado.
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Courtesy of Jacqueline McClelland, Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, Ireland. The Irish Triple Crown is an achievement that requires the completion of three solo marathon swims and is governed by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. The 21 km Fastnet Swim between Fastnet Rock and Baltimore Pier The 13 km Galway Bay Swim between Aughinish in Co. Clare and Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill The 35
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Officials and referees of the men’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Officials and referees of the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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There will be nothing for the marathon swimmers to see or hear during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the Tokyo Olympics
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez attempted to swim the longest distance in the ocean while swimming in the Gulf Stream.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. While the sporting world gears up for the Tokyo Olympic Games, it may surprise people that each governing body has different rules and regulations for the athletes in each sport and each discipline. Perhaps contrary to public assumptions, there are sport-specific COVID-19 regulations at the Olympics.
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Josef Köberl swam for 38 minutes In -0.23°C water at 3,216 meters in altitude in Hintertux Glacier in Austria.
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