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Nick Baker of the River Rats do a lot of “small stuff of 2- 6 miles from April to November. We are closing out our season on the October 23rd with a 10K. It’s not a race but it is free and safe with friendship and food [are the prize] at the end. Come on […]
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Scott Stankey is producing a visually outstanding documentary on the Ventura Deep Six that captures the essence of their incredible and unheard of 203-mile ocean relay. The six men are nominated for both the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Men of the Year and the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. The
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“I had a great start. I was right behind Ous [Mellouli, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in 1500 freestyle],” said winner Chip Peterson. “It was a great position to be in.” For the first 300 meters, Ous took off very fast and was pulling the world-class field along. Decisions had to be made because at
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Christine Jennings, who has burst upon the highest echelon of the elite open water swimming world, won the very tough and extremely competitive RCP Tiburon Mile in an extremely close race over Olympians Melissa Gorman and Chloe Sutton. Christine was caught immediately after the race: Christine came up on the Melissa towards the middle of
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At the 12.6-mile Distance Swim Challenge in Santa Monica, California, Ironman Clayton Treska caught Greg Kovacs was the last swimmer who just barely got under the time limit. Nearly 10 hours and 35 minutes in the water, stroke after stroke never giving up, Greg went running up the beach, not quite the winner, but certainly
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Mark Warkentin, an American Olympian, stayed true to the straight-line tangent between the 3-meter blueseventy buoys at the 12.6-mile Distance Swim Challenge while Ky Hurst, the Australian Olympian, took advantage of his surf skills and took the inside track – inside the breakers. The strategies were distinctively different. While Mark was swimming straight on the
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The world’s media reported today that the Swiss broke the Japanese world record in designing and building the longest tunnel in the world. What is interesting for the open water swimming world about this news is that the Swiss’ 35.4-mile tunnel underneath the Swiss Alps broke the existing record of the Seikan Tunnel (see schematic
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“Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn’t playing the game,” emailed Chris Palfrey about his delayed start in his Green Island swim. “A southerly change is expected to pass through Cairns, making conditions very rough. We put the attempt back to November 13th-14th.” So the treacherous swim amid sharks, crocodiles and the chironex fleckeri jellyfish, the most venomous
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Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Angela Maurer of Germany are coming right down to the end in their battle for the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup title. These women has a great ongoing rivalry that has been going on since Angela returned to the top echelon of the sport after giving birth to
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It is coming down to the wire in next week’s finale on the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit. The young Chad Ho is leading the series with 112 total points and looks to be a lock to win – the first time anyone from the African continent will win the prestigious World
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