To educate, entertain, and enthuse those who venture beyond the shore
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Montserrat Tresserras Dou wrote a wonderful Spanish-language book entitled “Nadando El Estrecho, Sus Orígenes Y Su Historia“. Translated as “Swimming the Strait, Its Origin and History”, the book adds to any open water swimming collection. The 287-page hard cover book, sponsored by the Madrid Government’s Culture & […]
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A September 1979 issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine included a great story on John Kinsella, a former Sullivan Award winner and one of the greatest professional marathon swimmers in history, who really helped usher in the modern era of marathon swimming with his tremendous pool speed and endurance. His story of his English Channel swim
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Simon Ercoli of Italy and Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina won the first race in the professional marathon swimming circuit in Rosario, Argentina over the weekend. Simon finished just ahead in 1:55:04.3 over Alexander Studzinski of Germany in in 1:55:04.6 in the 15K race in 24°C river water (see below). Frenchman Bertrand Venturi was third in
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Jamie Patrick of San Francisco will attempt an unprecedented triple crossing of Lake Tahoe in August 2010. The courageous Triple Tahoe swim is a 66-mile (106K) three-way crossing of Lake Tahoe by the former All-American swimmer from the University of Hawaii who is a highly successful endurance athlete. Besides an English Channel relay under his
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In July 2011, the Special Olympics will hold an open water swimming demonstration event at its 2011 World Summer Games. This exciting development in the world of open water swimming – which truly demonstrates the expanding reach and scope of the sport – will be a 1.5K sea swim, held parallel to the shoreline. The
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One of the top professional marathon swimmers in the world, and a former FINA World Cup winner, Mazen Mohamed Aziz of Egypt, is now training at Southern Illinois University under the tutelage of the Americas Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Rick Walker. “We are pleased to have Mazen join us here at Southern
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Bill Sadlo Jr., A Pioneering Hall Of Famer Courtesy of WOWSA, New York City. William ‘Bill’ Sadlo, Jr. was well ahead of his time. He was honored as a Pioneer Swimmer by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2009 – for good reason. Sadlo competed in at least 31 marathon
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Note: Please see our updated list of the Top 100 Open Water Swimming Books In this virtual, digitally-driven world, the joy of reading a book remains a treasure where you can lose yourself in the world of the written word. Here is a short list of popular and wonderfully entertaining and informative books on open
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Courtesy of World Open Water Swimming Association, Huntington Beach, California. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of online social networks centered around open water swimming in general, open water swimming events or open water swimmers in various languages around the world. Here is a small sampling of the Facebook Groups currently growing: Valentina
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Rachel Golub, Patricia Sener and Cristian Vergara swam an unprecedented double-crossing of the 3-mile Beagle Channel between Chile to Argentina yesterday. The pride of the Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers (CIBBOWS) swam in frigid 38°F (4°C) water. “The Chilean Armada was a huge help. As was the Argentine Armada, I was very happy
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