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“I train religiously,” is a phrase said quite seriously by Sister Madonna Buder who lives a life well lived. She was recently featured in U.S. Masters Swimming SWIMMER Magazine in a fascinating article. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The 10-mile Swim Around Charleston is a U.S. Masters Swimming-sanctioned, tidal-supported race on October 23rd in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The race start is calculated for participant safety and to allow as many swimmers the best possible chance of finishing. Very fast swimmers may have to swim through the last of the outgoing tide in
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Seven members of the Royal Navy’s 1st Mine Counter Measures Squadron will attempt a charity swim for Canine Partners across the 22-mile Loch Lomond in Scotland on September 1st. The purpose of Canine Partners is to assist people with disabilities, including members of HM Forces injured on duty, to enjoy a greater independence and quality
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With most of the world’s fastest swimmers at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, the fields at this year’s professional marathon swims in Quebec are much lower than normal, but the racing is still world-class exciting – and nearly too close to call. Andrea Volpini of Italy barely – by the slimmest of margins –
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Based on the global voting of media and administrators who follow the sport, Valerio Cleri was voted FINA’s open water swimming man of the year for 2010. But even though Valerio was the 2010 world 10K champion and the 2009 world 25K champion and 2010 25K silver medalist, he did not qualify for the 2012
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FINA approved a pilot project for the creation of an Athlete’s Biological Passport, the most advanced tool in the fight against doping in sports. The Athlete’s Biological Passport allows the establishment of a longitudinal study and haematological profile on each athlete with the aim of detecting if blood manipulations are done in order to carry
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The members of the International Relay Swim Across The Bering Strait including 45 swimmers from the UK, USA, Canada, China, Czech Republic and Russia. The individuals are all experienced ice- and cold-water swimmers who have trained specifically for extreme conditions – which they will undoubtedly encounter in the 86K across the Bering Strait, first famously
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Over time experts have clearly come to understand the importance of leg strength in distance swimming. Strong powerful kicks were once viewed as the hallmark of great sprinters, while distance swimmers were best served by conserving their energy by using a less vigorous kick (e.g., two beat kicks). This is no longer the case. Although
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The dynamic building for the 2012 London Olympics’ pool events is the Zaha Hadid-designed London Aquatics Centre. The strikingly beautiful complex is monumental and pantheon-like with a distinctive architecture and curved roof, built at an estimated cost of £242m (US$396 million). At world championship events, the selection of the open water swimming venue is usually
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Jack Bright reports from above the Arctic Circle, “For the last two weeks I have been in Petropavlovsk Kamchatski in Russia. I am participating in what will be a historic swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska USA (via Big and Little Diomede Islands). The water
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