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Marvelously Meritorious Midmar Mile Courtesy of WOWSA, Midmar Dam, South Africa. The aQuellé Midmar Mile was recognized by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame for being one of the world’s premier open water swimming events. The event has so much as to defy description. Not only is it the largest competitive swim in the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professional marathon swimmer Rok Kerin of Slovenia went stroke-for-stroke with up-and-coming South African star Abddul Malike Railoun in the aQuellé Midmar Mile 3 km finale on the Midmar weekend. Kerin was judged just barely to edge out the 18-year-old Abdul. The results of the top 9 swimmers is as
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RC Helicam was taking aerial photography of the 2011 aQuellé Midmar Mile with its mini helicopter and portable streaming system. The RC Helicam operator takes photos and videos from above the water at the start, during the race and of the finish and then download the images to its website. “We do the Midmar Mile
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Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne won the aQuellé Midmar Mile in comfortable fashion after a very fast constant pace of 90 strokes per minute. “She is really getting in good shape,” said Mark Perry, coach of the British national open water team. “She’s been doing some of her best times in workout and is swimming
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Olympian Chad Ho is on a roll, both in his career and at the aQuellé Midmar Mile. After winning the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series, he overcame an untypical slow start and won the 2011 aQuellé Midmar Mile. After the 400-meter hot spot, Chad started to chip away at the lead and
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The aQuellé Midmar Mile starts are something to see. Competitors are separated by age and gender and start in huge waves. The swimmers have qualification times that are compiled at official seeding events. Based on this pre-seeding and organization, the start has a military precision that is a credit to the hundreds of volunteers and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The future Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer for South Africa, handed out the awards to the disabled athletes at the aQuelle Midmar Mile, appropriately so as she is a major patron of the Special Olympics. The Special Olympics has added a 1.5K open water swim
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Year after year a number of veterans keep coming back to the aQuellé Midmar Mile. An incredible 16 individuals have swum 30 or more races in the 37-year history of the event. These include: Mike Pengelly and Mike Arbuthnot – 37 straight years (100% participation in the history of the event). Gail Bristow and Martin
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An Open Water Swim Like No Other Courtesy of WOWSA, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. The aQuellé Midmar Mile is an open water swimming event like no other. In a country where there are only 10,000 registered competitive swimmers, nearly 17,000 swimmers take to the Midmar Dam in the state of Kwa Zulu Natal in
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Kris Rutford – like Alison Streeter in the English Channel, Harry Huffaker in the Hawaiian Islands or John York in Catalina Channel – is one of those marathon swimmers who just cannot get enough. He has swum around Manhattan Island a total of 16 times – in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 , 1993, 1995,
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