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The Mexican Swimming Federation (Federación Mexicana de Natación) will host a four-day Central American and Caribbean Aquatic Sports Convention in Acapulco, Mexico on August 26-29. Among the many speakers, Dr. Jim Miller and Steven Munatones will speak on a variety of open water swimming topics ranging from hypothermia, hyperthemia, hydration and fueling to navigation, tactics, […]
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With the Mighty Mermaids re-writing the record book with their 9 hour and 14 minutes crossing yesterday, we were curious about the overall Catalina Channel records over its 84-year-old history: MC = California mainland to Catalina IslandCM = Catalina Island to California mainland Listed in order of speed: Mixed 3 male & 3 female by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Records continue to fall this marathon swimming season. Americans Christie Plank Ciraulo, Nancy Steadman-Martin, Tracy Grilli, Karen Einsidler, Lisa Bennett and Jenny Cook set a record in the Pacific Ocean with a 9:19:44 crossing of the Catalina Channel. Their time dropped the existing record for an all-female over-50 relay
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The world marathon swimming list was updated today due to Nick Adams‘s swim of 9 hours and 51 minutes around Jersey (Round Jersey). A veteran of marathon swims around the world and the creator of the globally popular Channel Swimmers website Adams slivered two minutes off of the record of 9 hours and 53 minutes,
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In anticipation of the 47 swimmers from 18 countries who will be competing in the first 1.5K open water swim at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece in July 2011 (which will also include a POW event), the truly energetic and personable Kester Edwards created a wonderful specialty open water swimming website
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James Jonssons set the Bear Lake crossing record in 8 hours and 53 minutes. Even with a comfortable 71°F (21.6°C) surface water temperature along the 30K course, James faced other problems – icy cold water just below the surface and 5,924-foot (1,806-meter) altitude in the beautiful blue lake straddling the border between the western states
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21 Kilometers On June 21 Courtesy of WOWSA. Windermere, the biggest lake in England, Lake Biwa, the biggest lake in Japan, Lake Michigan, the biggest lake in America, Poyang Lake, the largest lake in China, Lake Baikal, the biggest lake in Russia, and Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand, have all been crossed
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The Swim & Fin Race for Salem Sound on August 28th benefits the Salem Sound Coastwatch, an action-oriented non-profit organization working to keep the beaches, streams, coastal waters, and marine habitats of Massachusetts’ North Shore clean and healthy. Entry fees to the 0.5K, 1.5K and 5K races are tax-deductible donations to the Salem Sound Coastwatch,
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With Brendan Capell, a former world 25K champion, ready to take on the English Channel in an attempt on Petar Stoychev’s record next month, it was interesting to read International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Michael Oram discuss record-breaking English Channel attempts. “All the swimmers, like Philip Rush and Petar Stoychev, were excellent swimmers
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July 17th’s Beginish Island Swim in Kerry, Ireland showcased a tough course under overcast skies – for the second year running. “But we had record completion times,” said Ned Denison who finished first in 16:24. The waves, the currents, the tidal flow and the backwash from the island cliffs can be seen in the video
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