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How Great Is It? Courtesy of British Gas Great Swim Series. “It is a fast, frantic free-for-all dash,” said world 10 km marathon swimming champion Keri-Anne Payne of the British Gas Great Swim Series. “Open water is all about who is best on the day or who has the most experience. It was exciting to […]
Where Rough And Cold Meet Sharks And Currents Courtesy of WOWSA, Farallon Islands, California. Marathon and channel swimmers know the feeling of the day before a major swim: the excitement and the nervousness, the wonder and the stress. How is the weather going to be? How will you feel? How cold will the water be?
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Lewis Pugh told South Africa’s Weekend Post that on his training swim before his unprecedented 1K swim at 5300-meter altitude in a glacial lake on Mt. Everest, “My team had to pull me out of the water several times because I was choking and vomiting and fighting to breathe. It felt like a combination of
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There are certain swims around the world where the joy, the excitement and the beauty of open water swimming is epitomized. The Flowers Sea Swim is one such extravaganza where swimmers are treated to this and much more. At the 18th annual Flowers Sea Swim looks to be even better – and richer – than
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At the British Gas Great East Swim in Alton Water in Suffolk, England this weekend, Colin Hill and Andy Caine have brought together another stellar field of international open water swimming stars to compliment the 3,000 swimmers of all ages and backgrounds who will take to the lacks, lochs and docks in the first of
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Alannah Jury, who swam perhaps one of the most courageous races at the 2009 World Swimming Championships, is competing on another level now. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Alannah Jury’s goggles were knocked off by another swimmer during the 10K race. Alannah continued to swim heroically and without panic in the salt water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tony Sellmeyer‘s third edition of his book Open Water Swimming in South Africa is available for R125 (US$16.75) plus postage. Order from the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association or Tony at asell@mweb.co.za to obtain this inspirational journal that includes articles, records, history and captivating stories from open water swimmers
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Brooke Bennett, the Olympic gold medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 800-meter freestyle and Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and budding television announcer, has dabbled in the open water winning the world-class competitive Tiburon Mile in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003. But she really
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This past Saturday, 30-year-old Jeffrey Cleveland, an economist at Payden & Rygel Investment Management in Los Angeles, joined a very exclusive club as a result of his eighth-place finish at the 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. After completing a 10:22 crossing of the English Channel in 2008 and a 9:33 crossing of the Catalina Channel
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OptimisSport is organizing the first new major international professional swim in Los Angeles County since the early 1990’s. In a part of the world where tens of thousands of triathletes and endurance athletes regularly take to the ocean and streets, it is refreshing to see a new marathon swim come on the scene. The Distance
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