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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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Ivan Lopez of Mexico won today’s Acapulco 5K Ronald Johnson International Swim in 1:02:21.5 after pulling away from a tightly bunched lead pack of ten swimmers. The swimmers were treated to great, flat-water conditions under sunny skies in the straight 5K swim across Acapulco Bay on the west coast of Mexico. “With 400 meters to
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Russian open water swimming superstar Aleksey Akatyev (also spelled as Alexei Akatiev) was recently inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its class of 2009, but is clearly not resting on his laurels. Aleksey continues to serve ably as a national team coach after his successful athletic career where he was the
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Dale Petranech, chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), announced its Honor Class of 2009 and, as usual, its inductees are an incredible group of open water swimming specialists. Each of the honorees has a wealth of experience and a long history of success in the open water – their stories, backgrounds
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Among the nearly 20,000 swimmers who will be competing in the 37th Halfway Toyota Midmar Mile in South Africa, world champion and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne (see below) is the female headliner in what will be one of the most competitive races in the history of one of the world’s top
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Randy Nutt, the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year announced the dates of the always wonderful 20th Annual Bermuda Round the Sound Swim. The Bermuda Round the Sound Swim will be held on October 17th and will include 0.8K, 2K, 4K, 7.25K and 10K races. Randy says, “Bermuda offers one of the
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While the triathlon community is celebrating 7-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong returning to his triathlon roots by racing in the Hawaiian Ironman, swimmers know that young Lance began his athletic career in the pool and then transferred his incredible aerobic capacity to triathlons where he demonstrated great open water swimming skills from the
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Alexander Studzinski, is a gentlemanly understated, but fiercely competitive, professional marathon swimmer from Germany. Often overshadowed in the media by his countryman Thomas Lurz, Alexander is stars of the pro marathon swimming circuit. This year, Alexander will compete in the world-famous Midmar Mile in South Africa and then will do the 5K and 10K races
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The beautiful 5.6K Linden Scott Swim around Gasparee Island in Trinidad & Tobago is set for this Sunday. Gasparee Island, or more formally known as Gaspar Grande, is the most developed of the Boca Islands that lie in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon’s Mouth) between Trinidad and Venezuela. Copyright © 2008 – 2010 by World
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Over 720 swimmers have registered for this weekend’s 5K Acapulco International 2010 Swim. Mexico’s largest open water swim offers warm-water 1K, 1.5K and 5K races on Saturday and is attracted an international field of swimmers ranging from newcomers and veterans where age-group swimmers, triathletes and competitive masters swimmers will swim across the beautiful Acapulco Bay
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