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25-year-old Pilar Geijo of Argentina took a big chance today in lac Mempremagog at the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix – and it paid off handsomely. “I decided to go with the top men,” explained Pilar. When the men started to pick up their pace before the second half of the race, they created […]
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After a grueling 13 hours and 50 minutes, six women from the Serpentine Swimming Club completed their 23-mile marathon swim in 51.8°F (11°C) water down Loch Ness in support of the Afghan Mother and Children Rescue. See here for more information and for donations to support women and children in remote areas of the war-torn
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 23rd annual St. Vincent’s Swim Across the Sound Marathon starts this morning. The world’s second-largest marathon swim over 25 km (after the Rottnest Channel Swim) attracts 285 total swimmers – guided by a fleet of 115 escort, guide and medic boats – to its 15.5-mile course from Port
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Tomorrow, watch 21 professional marathon swimmers compete over 34K in the Traversée du lac Memphrémagog, a FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event in Quebec, Canada. With sunny weather expected and the water temperature fluctuating between 22°-24°C (71.6°-75.2°F), the race should be an exciting and face one. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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Active.com ran an article on sighting like a professional. When beginner triathletes and open water swimmers raise their head to sight, the most common tendencies that negatively affect their speed and body position include: • a drop in their hips and legs, • a change in their hand and forearm position, • a cross-over kick,
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78 soloists and 10 relays took part in the British Gas Scottish Open Water Swimming Championships on July 24th in Fife. Stephen Waterhouse from Leeds and Mark Deans from Glasgow renewed their rivalry and never were separated by too much during some heated swim in the 2K and 5K races. The swimmers went 1-2 in
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Swim Free, a charity supported by RCN, is rolling out a special offer for open water swimmers together with the NYC Swim on October 8th. Swim Free is offering an opportunity to swim around Manhattan Island in a NYC Swim-managed and -sanctioned Manhattan Island Marathon Relay Swim. This allows swimmers interested in swimming around Manhattan
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At the elite levels, European professional marathon swimmers are known to use every tactical advantage possible as they draft, position and navigate themselves as well as anyone else in the world. The roots of their abilities are developed and encouraged early. As the 2010 European Junior Championship in Hoorn, Netherlands on August 2nd, a three-person,
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Marisa Frieder, a 40-year-old microbiologist, completed her personal goal to swim under all 11 of Portland (Oregon)’s bridges – 10.7 miles from the Sellwood to the St. Johns – and became the first person to do it in the process – in 5 hours and 18 minutes. Following the traditional Channel Swimming Association rules under
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When Jordan Waxman and Gilles Chalandon were reported to have been attacked on their way to an 8-hour English Channel training swim, it called to mind the ancient Japanese martial art of suijutsu (or suiei-jutsu) (水術 in Japanese) – or combative swimming. – which is still taught by Iwasaki Hisashi-sensei, Soke (Headmaster) of Kobori Ryu
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