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Many of the who’s who of the open water swimming world gathered in San Francisco for the Protecting Athletes – Open Water Swimming Safety Conference. Race directors, officials, administrators and safety officers networked, discussed, debated, proposed and shared ideas on various aspects of open water swimming safety. Janel Jorgenson of Swim Across America, Rob Dumouchel […]
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The Inner West Courier reported on the outstanding story of Lynette Usher who finished the Dee Why Surf Swim. “I’m in my late 60’s and once you hit my age, you don’t get many firsts. This was a first. I felt on top of the world, completely and utterly exhausted, but absolutely fantastic for finishing.
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Mo Siegel, the successful president of Ice Air in Mount Vernon, New York, has an aggressive marathon swimming schedule this summer: the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Boston Light Swim, Catalina Channel one-way solo and the Ederle Swim. “I am swimming the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on June 18th to raise at
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Michael Zoetmulder, founder of the Nelson Mandela Bay Bell Buoy Challenge, is inviting world-class open water swimmers to South Africa in order to compete in the Splash Festival between April 22nd to 25th. Last year, world champions Petar Stoychev and Melissa Gorman were among the invited athletes. “We are prepared to fund R15,000 (US$2,162) towards
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Older sister Maddy Crippen gave a wonderful closing speech about at the Open Water Swimming Safety Conference in San Francisco over the weekend. Below is her speech which will be available via video on the U.S. Masters Swimming website. Thank you for allowing me to be here with you today. As you know, my name
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The Big River Man Comes To WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Martin Strel is, in a word, unique. He is also driven, introspective, engaging and demanding. Demanding on himself and demanding on his team that he hand-picks to keep him safe during his big river swims. The Slovenian marathon swimmer has
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LongdaySin is a molecule that slows the circadian rhythm of certain animals such as the zebra fish. The effect is to increase their day to 34 hours. Research with mice suggest that the newly discovered molecule can possibly reset the biological clocks of humans. This would not only make LongdaySin a potential treatment for jet
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Yutaka Shinozaki, founder of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association, spoke eloquently on the last day of the Open Water Swimming Safety Conference in San Francisco. “In Japan, we lost many people including those in Miyagi [where the Nihonsandaikei Okumatsushima Open Water Swim is held].” “Everything shook so much, my home was shaking so
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Active.com offered some workout tips to triathletes here. Pull-outs – from the vertical position in a pool to a hop up on the pool deck – helps simulate the onshore finish of your swim leg. For those interested in improving their swim times in a 2.4-mile triathlon swim leg by one to five minutes, there
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Marathon swimmers Penny and Chris Palfrey and Forest Nelson started their day just east of the Pacific Range Missile facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii at 7:30 am and swam the 17.4 nautical mile (30K) Kaulakahi Channel to Niihau. The trio was treated to dolphins at the beginning of the swim and then
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