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The world presents so many open water swimming venues, the list of possible circumnavigations is endless. But this very short list below describes some of the more established around-the-island swims around the world. If your favorite circumnavigation is not listed, please email us and we can add to the list. 1. Manhattan Island Marathon Swim […]
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Shelley Taylor-Smith interviewed Swimming Canada CEO Pierre Lafontaine about the upcoming World Open Water Swimming Championships where he discussed Canada’s bright future in swimming. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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Like the fiercely competitive women’s field, the men’s 10K race at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval, Canada is totally stacked. Olympians, world champions, FINA World Cup victors and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim favorites are all here in Canada in the most important race leading up to the Olympic qualifier in 2011.
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The world’s elite swimmers have descended upon the cozy, friendly town of Roberval in Quebec, Canada for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships – and the women’s 10K race is especially stacked with stars. There are several world champions – both past and current – in the field where the pace is expected to
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The always passionate Shelley Taylor-Smith welcomed the world to the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval’s lac St-Jean where the water temperature is rising. Swimming Canada CEO Pierre Lafontaine (shown on left) explained about the water temperature, always an issue among swimmers, “Great things happen when people do great things unselfishly, for the
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Roberval has rolled out the red carpet for hundreds of elite open water swimmers and delegations from over 30 countries to the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval, Canada. Dr. Julio Maglione, the FINA President, opened the festivities with a bilingual address to the gathered media at today’s press conference. “I want to
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After receiving her Lifetime Achievement Award for her exploits in the open water, we researched Greta Andersen‘s exploits and agree that she is undoubtedly one of the greatest marathon swimmers in history. Greta was honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1964 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1969 for
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Greta Andersen was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) during a TV interview. The interview focused on Greta’s Swim School in Los Alamitos, California which is going marvelously strong. Her force of personality and her sweet, but stern, methodology quickly enables children and infants to be safe and
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If you feel like rolling back into a nice, comfortable bed instead of going to an early-morning workout, watch this beautiful short film, Swimming In A Dream. Director Jim Sugar tells the story of the North Bay Aquatics Masters swimmers in Corte Madera, California and why they swim at 5:30 am. Jim is an advertising
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The water temperature along the race course in Roberval for the upcoming 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships ranges from 22-24.4°F (71.6 – 75.9°F) at different points. It is surprisingly welcomed news to the swimmers who were expecting much cooler lake temperatures. Traversee internationale du lac St-Jean legends Shelley Taylor-Smith and Philip Rush said, “We
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