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Young kids, adults and professional open water swimmers took to The Great Brisbane Swim under rough conditions… …with smiles all around. Brisbane was the first stop on the inaugural Great Australian Swim Series tour where Trent Grimsey and Melissa Gorman not surprisingly took the top honors at Sutton’s Beach Redcliffe. It was a great mixture […]
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This week, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming will describe the slight differences between the start and finish rules of marathon swims around the world. Today, we will look at the starts and finishes in the Hawaiian Islands. For recognized swims in Hawaii according to the Hawaiian Channels Swimming Association, that patterned its rules
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Leticia Flores Hernandez is a Mexican open water swimmer who travels the world with her family to enjoy her chosen sport, from New York to Sweden. She pointed out a marvelous bilingual short film about the environment by Willy Sousa that can be seen here. Great camera work and lots of open water. Copyright ©
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During an open water swim, you simply can’t get a song out of your head. You sing the song over and over in your head – the same lyrics, the same words over and over again. Sometimes that is a good thing when you have the right tune…but sometimes it can be annoying if it
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Professional marathon swimmers are a select group. This year, 187 men from 38 countries and 145 women from 35 countries competed in FINA pro marathon swims in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Portugal, Serbia and the United Arab Emirates. Like professional athletes in any sport, they are a proud, committed, seriously
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This week, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming will describe the slight differences between the start and finish rules of marathon swims around the world. Today, we will look at the starts and finishes in Cape Town, South Africa. For recognized swims around Cape Town, starts and finishes are dry land to dry land.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott “The Yesdoc” Richards, M.D., a member of the exclusive Triple Crown Club, trains in an Endless Pool. We asked why, how and when: Daily News: Why do you train in the Endless Pool when you live in San Diego, a beautiful city that is abundant with open water
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Lewis Pugh called to our attention an illustrative story about a true Olympian in mind and action. He described an untold story about Natalie du Toit who was recently awarded South Africa’s highest honor – the Order of Ikhamanga (Gold Class). “Last year, Natalie got invited to an awards ceremony hosted by the President of
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USA Swimming remembered Fran Crippen at its Golden Goggles awards ceremony. “When I was around Fran, he made me think I could do things that I never dreamed I could accomplish,” said girlfriend Caitlin Regan. Watch the rememberance of a great individual here. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source
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This week, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming will describe the slight differences between the start and finish rules of marathon swims around the world. Today, we will look at the starts and finishes in Sicily, Italy. In Nino Fazio’s record-breaking Doppia Traversata dello Stretto di Messina (two-way crossing of the Strait of Messina),
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