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FINA announced the date of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in the beautiful Sumidero Canyon, Mexico has been changed to May 7th. The dramatic 15K swim through the deep canyons of southern Mexico are always one of the most interesting and competitive marathon swims in the world. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water […]
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Along with her fellow 2008 Olympian Ky Hurst, Melissa Gorman ticked off another requirement on her way to return to the Olympics in London. Melissa won the 10K at the Australian Open Water Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre to secure her place at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. After winning her
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Darren Miller, founder of Team Forever and a community activist from Murrysville, Pennsylvania, has long-range plans on the Ocean’s Seven. With a warm-up 24-mile swim in Tampa Bay, Darren took care of business on his first leg of the Oceans Seven with a 12:04 English Channel crossing. Now he is off training to achieve his
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The remarkable life of Dr. Harry Briggs, known as The Paddlin’ Professor, was documented by his niece Letitia Sweitzer in a book called Absolutely!
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New USA Swimming president Bruce Stratton gave a report on the important things currently going on at USA Swimming. First off the blocks in his report was the issue of open water swimming: “The first and certainly most important update includes developments with open water swimming. The loss of champion athlete Fran Crippen at a
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2008 Olympian Ky Hurst looks to be back on track as he won the Australian Open Water Swimming 10K Championship today with Rhys Mainstone in second. Ky and Rhys earned the right to represent Australia at the 2011 World Championships where they will battle the world for one of the coveted spots at the 2012
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Mat Luebbers of About.com Swimming Guide is conducting the 2011 About Swimming Readers’ Choice Awards. Swimmer Joe won by a comfortable margin and is considered as the top swimming blog by the About.com audience. Mat explained, “It gives [Swimmer Joe] the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of one of the
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Swimming World Magazine posted an editorial on open water swimming safety here. The article identified a number of questions that USA Swimming has recommended that its swimmers ask of race directors. These questions include: 1. Who is the race committee chair, the chief referee, safety officer, clerk of course, recorder and medical officer?2. What are
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Chris and Penny Palfrey are at it again – enjoying their unique and ultimate form of couples swimming. Over the next few weeks, the marathon duo plan on attempting three different inter-island swims in Hawaii. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming will be there to report on their exploits and experiences. Copyright © 2011
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Peak Performance Professionals is offering the Pewaukee Open Water Swims from June 7th to September 3rd in Wisconsin. Coach Anita Krier will lead the twice-weekly open water swim instruction and clinics on Monday evenings and Friday mornings at the Pewaukee Lake Beach Front. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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