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On August 7th, Miguel Arrobas, with the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar under this cap, swam 16K from Baleal Beach on the mainland of Portugal to Berlenga Island. These islands are currently among the 21 locations competing to be part of Portugal’s 7 Natural Wonders. Miguel was joined by Spaniard Pieter Christian Anderica, also […]
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Since 18th century, Boston and New York have been intense rivals as cities. Alexis de Tocqueville, a famed French political thinker and historian known for his book, Democracy in America, described Boston in glowing terms and New York as quite the opposite. “What we have seen of the inhabitants [of Boston]…differs completely from what we
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Swimming World Magazine described Olympic open water swimmer Chloe Sutton in a very positive light after she won the USA Swimming national 800-meter freestyle championship. “The transformation of Mission Viejo’s Chloe Sutton into a legitimate two-sport star in the U.S. is complete. Not only did she qualify to represent the U.S. in the open water
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The 8-mile (12.8K) Boston Light Swim, originated in 1907, is the oldest open water marathon swim in the United States. While the event has a history unmatched in the US, only a handful of individuals have attempted a double crossing. The two-way Boston Light Swim, complicated by tricky tides, has only been completed four times.
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Mallory Mead joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Club this morning with her fast 8 hour and 36 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. Combined with her 7:44 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2004 and her 10:34 English Channel swim in 2008, Mallory has thrown down some pretty fast Triple Crown times. “Two
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Craig Lenning joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Club with his 11 hour and 25 minute crossing of the English Channel last week. Craig started off his Triple Crown on August 10th, 2009 with a 9:09:51 Catalina Channel crossing and followed that up with a Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on June 12th, 2010
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The Manhattan Island Marathon Swim world record looks to be in jeopardy on September 10th when English Channel record holder Petar Stoychev and Olympian Mark Warkentin will go head-to-head to break the long-standing Manhattan Island record of 5:45:25 set by Shelley Taylor-Smith in 1995. It is a heated rivalry renewed on two levels. On one
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While Americans have their Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Irish swimmers have Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc) in Cobh Harbour, Ireland. Both once well-guarded prisons with infamous inmates, the sites are now also known for challenging cold-water swims with tricky currents where convicts have given way to open water traditionalists and wetsuit-clad swimmers. Markus Rössel,
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David Handley, Founding Director of Fiji Swims and Bathtub Productions, hosts a great open water swimming event in Fiji, but in keeping in line with his laid-back, fun-filled approach to open water swimming, the event has instituted a time penalty of 10% for use of wetsuits and technical swimsuits in the 18K solo swim and
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Veteran marathon swimmer Jim Barber added to his resume with a successful Catalina Channel crossing that earned him a place on the Triple Crown Club. After three Manhattan Island Marathon Swims under his belt (7:45.43 in 1988, 7:45.15 in 1989 and 7:06.34 in 1991), Jim tackled the English Channel in 2006 with a 9:06.36 crossing
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