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At the USA Swimming National 5K and 10K Open Water Swimming Championships and the Open Water Pursuit races in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California from June 4 – 6, Spectator Boats will be available. Mike O’Toole, owner of Gondola Getaway will have his authentic Italian-style gondolas, piloted by experienced gondoliers in authentic garb, available […]
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After the USA Swimming National 5K Open Water Swimming Championships in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California, a new fun-filled, drop-dead race will be held: The Sea Sprints. A drop-dead fast, all-out sprint to shore. The athletes will start in the middle of Marine Stadium, against the feeding pontoons (partly shown in the photo above)
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After the USA Swimming National 5K Open Water Swimming Championships in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California on June 6th, two new events will be held: the 2K Open Water Pursuit – one full loop of the Marine Stadium course – and the 4K Open Water Pursuit – two complete loops of the Marine Stadium
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Open Water Source has always advocated a standard four-step feeding process since the 1980’s in order to feed quickly: 1. Seek and Spot 2. Reach and Roll 3. Gulp and Go 4. Toss and Turn 1. Seek and Spot – as the swimmer approaches the feeding pontoon or escort boat, they lift their head to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming previously published the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims after years of research and hundreds of thousands of airmiles, participating in and observing short swims, pier swims, river swims, marathon swims, charity swims and cold-water swims in lakes, rivers, bays, oceans, rowing
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After the first wildly successful Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, the Second Asian Beach Games will be held in Muscat, Oman between December 8th – 16th, 2010. In addition to marathon swimming, 45 countries will send their top athletes to compete in the Asian Beach Games will hold competitions in beach handball, beach soccer,
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Joe Bakel, Race Director for the Horsetooth Open Water Swims, announced there will be a 250-yard, 1000-yard, 1-mile, 2.4-mile and 10K races during the August 15th event in Fort Collins, Colorado. Annointed as the CNN and Money Magazine’s second best small city in all of America, we hear its open water swim matches its CNN
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The BBC reported that British Swimming is planning a rematch with USA Swimming in a second Duel in the Pool II. The first Duel in the Pool was held in Manchester where Michael Phelps helped lead the American team over the combined European team in December. According to the BBC, British Swimming has cancelled its
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In the latest update on the July 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games 1.5K open water swim in Marathon, Greece (see attached photo), 29 athletes from around the world have already entered including those from Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malta, Netherlands, Singapore and South Africa with interest expressed by
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Mark Walter announced over 1,400 attendees will attend the inaugural Multisport World Conference and Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend. Multisport World Conferences and Expos are also held in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York City. Seminars galore on a variety of swimming, running, biking, nutrition, injury prevention and training are one of the most popular
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