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Catalina Channel swimmers this season are facing historically low water temperatures (sub-59°F or 15°C in many cases) and a growing number of shark sightings at various points, but they are also potentially treated to other unusual sights en route between Santa Catalina Island and the California mainland: the largest creatures on Earth, the blue whales. […]
On her first marathon swim, 28-year-old Elizabeth Schlicher of San Diego beat all the men to finish first in 4:43 in the solo division of the Maui Channel Swim held yesterday between the islands of Lanai and Maui in Hawaii. Facing rough water, Elizabeth was also highly encouraged to swim fast and closer to the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world record for the longest continuous marathon swims is under assault again. After a team of Floridians under the leadership of Dr. Lucky Lucky Meisenheimer set the world record in Lake Cane in 2008, two international teams in Lake Taupo, New Zealand in 2009 re-set the bar with
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Erik Van Loon tells about tomorrow’s 3K Amstel Swim that goes from Kaap Kot to Amsterdam’s City Hall in order to increase clean water awareness. “In 1932, the Amstel Swim was called the Tarzan – Johnny Weismuller Trophy in order to promote the Metro Goldwyn Mayer latest film, but history goes back even further than
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After competing in the world championships in Canada and winning the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Quebec and the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in California, 2005 world 10K champion Chip Peterson is racing today in Hawaii with the Tiburon Milers in the 9.6-mile Maui Channel Swim against some fierce Australian and Russian
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In recent articles by Craig Lord of Swim News, he reported that World Swimming Coaches Association is putting great pressure on FINA to make changes. Without understanding the implications, ramnifications or full scope of this intense debate and proposal, it was educational to read Craig‘s take on the newly proposed global aquatics organization. The one
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Vojislav Mijić (shown on left), the visionary, multi-lingual and personable race director for the Sabac Marathon who doubles as the President of the Serbian Open Water Swimming Committee, provides the background on this FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event and other open water swims that are going strong in Serbia. “The Sabac Marathon has
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Ocean.com reported on how scientists from the University of Bristol are collaborating with shark researchers to build an international visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks. The computer identification system will store images of the White Shark’s unique dorsal fin to help international shark groups recognize and track individual species, providing them with a better
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Superlative Southern Swim Across America Courtesy of Swim Across America, Nashville, Tennessee. Swim Across America ventured into the American South last month with its first leg in Nashville, Tennessee’s Old Hickory Lake. The series of charity swims that stretch from Boston to San Francisco was a typically exemplary event with food, music, generous TYR goodie
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad patiently waited out Hurricane Earl and remains on the lookout for the right conditions and Cuban visas to be issued for her and her team so she can begin her Extreme Dream Swim from Cuba to Florida. Watch the latest ABC TV news coverage here. As her
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