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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melanie Price, a member of the Lake Ontario Swim Team, will attempt to swim 42.2K across Lake Ontario from Port Dalhousie to Oakville. “I started swimming wth the Lake Ontario Swim Team (LOST) a few years ago and I fell in love with open water swimming and Lake Ontario. […]
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In a decision based on safety and its own recent recommendations, USA Swimming approved a relocation of the 2011 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships from Fort Myers to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is a change to the 82°F (28°C) waters of Ft. Lauderdale rather than the expected 87°F (31°C) waters of Ft. Myers.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. English Channel swimmer Lt. Colonel Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia is enlarging his vision to expand the sport of marathon swimming in his part of the world. At the Tunisian Military Sport Museum, his feats in the Sicilian Channel will be commemorated through inspiration memorabilia that highlight his 1995 swim
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Cayman Channels are the new it place in the open water world. 12 swimmers swam together from Cayman Brac to Little Cayman this past week. “It was wonderful. The conditions were perfect,” said coordinator Kate Alexander of the 5-mile inter-island channel swim. “We all made it safely and it was a straight shot across the
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Extreme. Epic. Excessive. Throw out those words. Mind-boggling. Fanatical. Monomaniacal. Somehow those words also seem inadequate. “Aside from long pool swims, I’ve already logged non-stop swims in the ocean of 8 hours, 8 hours, 8 hours, 8 hours, 11 hours, 10 hours, 9 hours, 13 hours, 12 hours and 11 hours…with many more to come
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Nuala Moore, an adventurer from Dingle, Ireland, provided historical information on the challenge of the North Channel, a 35K stretch of water between Northern Ireland and Scotland. In history, the first successful crossing was in 1947…and few others followed. There were quite a number of unsuccessful attempts in both directions. Nuala explains, “…it is a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the FINA 10KM World Cup in Santos, Brazil, the pro swimmers were identified with numbers as is usually done. But the black ink stamp pads and the circles around the numbers were extraordinarily excellent touches. Copyright © 2011 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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The final results of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil are posted below. Relative newcomer Cecilia Biagoli, a three-time pool Olympian from Argentina, took the top spot over a number of seasoned veterans and Olympic 10K Marathon swimmers. 1. CECILIA BIAGOLI (ARG), 2.12.332. POLIANA OKIMOTO (BRA), 2.13.073. ANDREINA PINTO (VEN), 2.13.094.
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The world of marathon swimming got back into the groove with the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit started this weekend. Thomas Lurz, the multi-time world champion, stayed in his groove and maintained his edge as the favorite leading up to the World Championships in Shanghai this coming July. The final results are
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Abla Adel Khairy of Egypt swam across the English Channel at the age of 13. Her 12 hour 30 minute journey from England to France was done in August 1974 before age restrictions went started.
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