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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming. He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor - Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Russia-Turkey International Karadeniz, a 320 km Relay Across The Black Sea

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rusya – Türkiye Uluslararasi Karadeniz 320 km Açik Deniz Yüzme Maratonu 2021 overview above shows 320 km course from Sochi, Russia to Giresun, Turkey. One normally does not think of a marathon swim between Russia and Turkey…but now they do. The Russia – Turkey International Karadeniz (Black Sea)

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Authentic Marathon Swim: Most Historic Swim In Greece

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California The Authentic Marathon Swim is approaching and will be held between July 2nd and 4th at Pefki, Evia of the Municipality of Istiea-Edipsos, Greece. The President of the Hellenic Swimming Federation Kyriakos Giannopoulos said, “The Authentic Marathon Swim revives the authentic marathon route followed by Skyllias and his daughter

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Ryan Lochte Diving Head First Into The Open Water

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials starting this week in Omaha, Nebraska, the most pressure-packed competitive swimming meet in America will result in the selection of American Olympic swimmers for the Tokyo Olympics starting on July 23rd. While Jordan Wilimovsky, Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell have already qualified for the

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