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Courtesy of Alex Francis and James King. Why I Swim is a touching short film directed by James King. The film explores 42-year-old Alex Francis’ entry into open water swimming while living with Motor Neurone Disease. Francis is a British software engineer with a young family and a passion for ultra distance running had his […]
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Courtesy of Swimming Paradise, Riviera d’Ulisse Regional Park, Italy. Swimming Paradise offers open water swimming along the 100 km of rocky coastline and sandy beaches in Italy. The July 17th – 18th event has 400m, 1.8 km and 3.3 km races. For more information, visit here. Copyright 2008 – 2021 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Ana Paula Lima Vilarinho and Izabela Oliveira Rodrigues completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in Brazil.
Madhu Nagaraja talks with David Burke on swimming in the North Sea
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Dionne Tatlow of the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada is conducting a survey and research of musculoskeletal injuries in open water swimmers.
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Doug Woodring was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2020 and does much on dryland to protect the marine environment – including his work at the Plasticity Forum.
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Courtesy of Ocean Recovery Alliance, Hong Kong. The 35 km Clean Cross Swim from Hong Kong to Macau was successfully completed in May 2014 by Simon Holliday who came across over 30 endangered pink dolphins (Chinese white dolphins). He set out in 2014 in order to raise funds for Ocean Recovery Alliance’s Grate Art project
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Michael Rice set the men’s record at the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day 66.9 stage swim in Arizona organized by Kent Nicholas
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Photo courtesy of Mayor Junard Chan. Cleevan Alegres, known as the Little Merman, completed the first 42 circumnavigation swim around Mactan Island in his native Philippines on April 26th. Starting and finishing at the Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan, the 25-year-old open-water swimmer started at 5 p.m. on Sunday, put on a wetsuit at 1:30
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Courtesy of Peter Attia, MD and Joe Rogan Clips. Leading podcaster and American celebrity Joe Rogan interviewed scientist, marathon swimmer, nutrition expert, researcher, and extreme athlete Dr. Peter Attia, once called the smartest man in open water swimming, on a variety of topics including his two-way crossing of the Maui Channel* and the Catalina Channel
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