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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Most people swim freestyle across the English Channel (EC) and Catalina Channel (CC), but a select few like doing other strokes. The fastest of those non-freestylers include: Fastest EC Butterfly: Julie Bradshaw, (UK), 2002, 14:18Fastest CC Butterfly: Vicki Keith (Canada), 1989, 14:53:26Fastest EC Backstroke: Tina Neill, (USA), 2005, 13:22Fastest CC Backstroke: Tina Neill (USA), 2008, […]
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Gethin Jones completes a Bristol Channel crossing at its widest point.
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One of the greatest Olympic stories ever told was the road to Beijing by Natalie du Toit, the South African amputee who fought back from adversity to qualify for the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. The courage, the tears and the passion shown by Natalie on her road to Olympic glory was inspirational and genuine.
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Jose Diaz of Jose Diaz talked with 2007 world professional marathon swimming world champion Esther Nuñez on a variety of topics in his latest in-person Spanish-language interview in Nadando Libre. …Empezó a nadar a los 4 años…a los 17 comenzó a entrenar para el campeonato de España de aguas Abiertas…en 1998 se lanzo a la
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Open water swimmers are uniquely positioned to view and interact with Mother Nature in a manner that other endurance athletes do not do. Gadi Katz of Israel reported that a dolphin escorted his group in the Red Sea, a phenomenon that occurs all over the world on many marathon swims. Linda Kaiser, Harry Huffaker, Penny
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Gadi Katz reported that 64 people swam in the 3 Seas in 3 Days event in Israel. 30 swimmers traversed the entire distance of 30K over three days. There were 25 different pilots, kayakers, volunteers, photographers, doctors and paramedics who escorted the mass marathon swim. Each day was a different adventure with the field divided
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“It went perfectly. The conditions were rough, but people want to sign on for our next two events on the Body Science Great Australian Swim Series on the Gold Coast on January 14th and in Sydney on Australia Day,” reported race director Brendan Capell. “We had 360 swimmers on a rough and rainy day.” Melissa
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The Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim (Medunarodni Plivački Maraton) is a great 19K race in Serbia organized by Serbia’s Vojislav Mijić whose tireless efforts year after year is a worthy nominee for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. The winners over the course of the history of the event include the following athletes:
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Total Body And Brain Confusion Courtesy of WOWSA, Cork, Ireland. Ned Denison, Swim Ireland’s National Open Water Committee chairman and a nominee for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, announced the details of the Cork Ireland Distance Swim Camp that is annually held in July. “Swimmers can join for all nine
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Open water Olympian and professional swimmer Chloe Sutton is known for working out very hard. Very hard. Day after day. Lap after lap. Just like her world-class competitors. With her permission, we observed a few of her 50-meter pool workouts in Mission Viejo, California under the coaching of Bill Rose. On those days, she was