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Joe Locke of the Night Train Swimmers will attempt a 30-mile swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the finishing buoy in Fisherman’s Cover on the Farallon Islands on June 14th. With the English Channel under his belt, Joe is moving on to the challenges in the Pacific Ocean. “I’m very excited to be taking […]
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Like all the events at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials, this Friday’s USA Swimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida will be a bloodbath. Tears will undoubtedly be shed. Tears of joy and tears of disappointment. The top two finishers in the 10K race will be selected to represent their country
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USA Swimming had specific criteria when it hired its first Open Water Program Manager: a fast (All-American swimmer), safety-oriented (beach lifeguard) individual with coaching experience. With dozens of candidates to choose from, Bryce Elser led the pack and settled into his new position quickly. An interview with Bryce is posted here. Bryce mentioned that he
It took a century, but the lack of finances caused the cancellation of the Delfshavense Schiekampioenschappen race. The historical race will, hopefully, be brought back for another 100 years of fun and challenge. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Haley Anderson of Granite Bay, California and USC is coached by the renowned Dave Salo and multi-time national open water swim team coach Catherine Vogt. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Frank Flowers assembled a massive team of volunteers, medical professionals, government officials and local navigational experts and mariners to help Penny Palfrey achieve her 68-mile marathon swimming goal in the Cayman Islands. From kayaker Jeff Kozlovich of Honolulu who drags a heavy Shark Shield behind him and alongside Penny to her communications team, medical team
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A public online betting site is marketing its services for the 2011 World Swimming Championships. “[This event] presents a unique opportunity for sports betting fans to make some good betting predictions and knowledge of previous results, standings, dates and fixtures is a definite advantage. At this point in the live 2011 World Championships betting campaign,
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Simon Griffiths, Publisher & Editor of H2Open Magazine announced that issue #3 went to the printer over the weekend for a June 13th availability while the digital version will be available this Friday. The magazine has plenty of colorful photographs, comprehensive coverage, compelling content, myriad topics. It is an outstanding magazine for both the casual
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Australian Women Excel In The Open Water American basketball players. Brazilian soccer players. Canadian ice hockey players. Russian chess players. Japanese judoists. Korean taekwando athletes. The sporting world knows that these countries, their culture, and these athletes go well together. The combination usually end up with world champions and a slew of world-class athletes. So
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