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70 men and 57 women are entered in the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships and 46 men and 41 women are entered in the 10K. The flat-out speed of the men’s and women’s fields are amazing. In the men’s 10K field, for example, these are the top 10 seeded times (1500-meter freestyle): […]
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WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim in the ocean and many swimmers sense dark objects under them. Breathe in the open water and many swimmers imagine that they saw a fin at one point. Bump into something away from shore and the hearts of most swimmers skip a few beats. Sharks – aka The Man in
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Ramanuj Mukhopadhyay, Honorable General Secretary of the Bengal Amateur Swimming Association and the Vice President of the Swimming Federation Of India, announced that the annual 19K (11.8-mile) and 81K (50-mile) marathon swims in the River Bhagirathi will be held on September 5th. The longest annual marathon swimming competition in the world, the River Bhagirathi is
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USA Swimming issued a notification on the swimsuits allowable in open water swimming competitions, including the upcoming USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California. FINA updated its list of swimsuits approved for competition that included swimsuits approved for open water competition. The full list of approved suits can be found on
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When USA Swimming decided to host its National Open Water Swimming Championships, it decided to select a location that is similar to what the athletes might expect in the Serpentine in Hyde Park for the 2012 London Olympics. USA Swimming seems to be right on the money in its selection of Long Beach. Yesterday at
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G.E.M. (Get Everybody Moving) will perform her hit single Where Did You Go at the awards ceremony at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships this Friday. G.E.M., an Ambassador for Project Kaisei, a leading organization fighting for water quality, has a direct and personal connection with the open water – and will be
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In an upcoming article on the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California to be published by Active.com, USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship pre-race favorite Fran Crippen has been compared to a basketball player, known as one of the best American athletes of all time: “…like Michael Jordan in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympic marathon swimmer Mohamed El Zanaty of Egypt is helping his fellow marathoner from the Dominican Republic, Marcos Diaz, on his second leg of his Swim Across the Continents project. “Mohamed has been very helpful and will be there at the finish. He joined me at a press conference
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Great places to conduct open water races or do training sessions are located all over the world. The number of seashores, ocean fronts, islands, lakes, bays, river, fjords, canals, estuaries, bays and lagoons located on every continent and in every country is literally innumerable. As a small sampling of the amazing number of great global
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Where are some absolutely wonderful places to swim? Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, Directorof Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, better known as Dr. Beach, announced his 20th annual Top 10 Beaches in America. The 2010 list was topped by Coopers Beach which was ranked #3 in 2009 and #4 in 2008 and finally overtook
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