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Linsy Heister Backs Up Gold With Another Gold Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Linsy Heister of the Netherlands backed up her first world championship gold medal performance with another winning performance in the 10K in Lake Balatón, Hungary at the 30th LEN European Championships. In the topsy-turvy world of women’s elite open water swimming, […]
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Swim Free, a preferred charity of NYC Swim, helps improve the health of children and adults through learn-to-swim, water safety and water cleanliness programs. Swim Free recently started an innovative Swim Free Angel initiative. The Swim Free Angels, always outfitted in differently colored blue caps, program helps comfort people of all ages who are anxious
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On the second day of the European Swimming Championships, Russian Ekaterina Seliverstova and Italian Luca Ferretti came through with more than enough to spare as they both clearly captured gold while distancing themselves from the rest of the top Europeans in the 5K race at the European Swimming Championships. Among the top women, the outstanding
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Jordan Waxman had an eventful practice swim with training partner Gilles Chalandon (Sept 29th English Channel attempt) last month. Jordan, preparing for an August 17th assault on the Channel, and Gilles headed out to Brighton Beach in New York for an 8-hour night-and-day swim. “I picked Gilles up at 2:50 am as we set out
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Thomas Lurz won the men’s 10K in Lake Balaton in Hungary yesterday in a tactical race, finishing in1:54:22.5. What is remarkable about the lengthy streak that Thomas has enjoyed on top of the sport is how the silver and bronze medalists behind him always change. In other words, while we can always expect different swimmers
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Samantha Simon of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club after her Catalina Channel crossing on August 2nd which followed her August 17, 2009 English Channel crossing and her June 13th circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. Samantha’s inclusion in the Triple Crown Club makes it 36 athletes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Martin Cullen reported on the Irish Long Distance Swimming Championship, the Lough Erne 17K Swim. “This year’s event had a good entry. It was very nice to see a lot of newcomers to this distance.” “With the growth of open water swimming, especially in relation to the phenomenal growth
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aimeson King won the men’s race and Zsofia Balaz won the women’s 10 km race and will represent Canada at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race in Long Beach, California. They will compete against many of the world’s best open water swimmers, including the top swimmers from
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Two veteran, highly trained marathon swimmers proved why completing a channel swim is always a tough, risk-taking adventure where nothing is a given despite the best well-laid plans and years of focused training. Anne Cleveland started off confidently and calming stroking along before sunset last night in the Catalina Channel in 16°C (61-62°F) waters and
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After learning her wish to swim in San Francisco Bay from Alcatraz Island, Chris ‘El Sharko’ Blakesle and his fellow open water swimmers from the South End Rowing Club offered the airfare and travel accommodations for the amazing Jackie Cobell to visit her fellow marathon swimmers in California and participate in the September 18th Alcatraz
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