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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The sport of open water swimming is changing at various levels: the increasing number of events, the increasing number of swimmers, the use of GPS, the types of hydration used, the number of sponsors and television exposure. But on other levels, it also appears that the more things change, the more they stay the same. […]
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Two swimmers have the explicit goal to complete the unprecedented Oceans Seven – 7 individual crossings of the North Channel, Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, English Channel, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar
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Despite all the controversy over technical swimsuits and the strong opposition from many in the swimming world against the use of technical swimsuits and wetsuits in the open water, it is undeniable that wetsuits have enabled many hundreds of thousands of people to try – and enjoy – open water swimming. We went back in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We have been enjoying the 2010 Vancouver Olympiers on TV and have observed how similar short-track speed skating is to open water racing. We also observed how tactical the Nordic skiers are and their lessons for competitive open water swimming. Again last night, we were enthralled by the teamwork,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Richard Broer, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer and founder of European Open Water Swimming and The Netherlands Open Water Swimming, explained the water flows between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, that may be of interest to channel swimmers who cross the Strait of Gibraltar. “The
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Top open water swimmer Kane Radford and Olympic backstroker Melissa Ingram both paid attention, dug deep and won the fourth leg of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series in Corsair Bay in Lyttelton Harbour at the 2.8K Corsair Bay Classic today in Christchurch. There was a bit of a mix-up about the course layout. Athletes
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Charitable Sports Productions is hosting the Southeastern Endurance & Multisport Expo (SEE-ME) 2010 at the Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta this Saturday, February 27th. Charitable Sports Productions‘s core belief is “the games we play should not merely be measured by wins and loses, but by the contributions we give back to our communities.” Former All-American
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The similarities between short-track speed skating and competitive open water swimming is well-established. Yesterday, the Nordic athletes even take racing tactics at the Winter Olympic level a few steps further. Billy Demong of New York and Johnny Spillane of Colorado finished 1-2 finish in the Nordic combined large hill
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The official results of the global World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year poll, won by Poliana Okimoto of Brazil for her successful and consistent record as a professional marathon swimmer on the FINA World Cup circuit, were tabulated and confirmed – and are shown below. With 21,275
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Individuals who do marathon swims are motivated for/by a wide variety of reasons. In contemporary times it is relatively easy to explain those reasons via websites, blogs and emails. We recently came across Graeme Schlachter‘s reasons for swimming the English Channel and Graeme (aka ZimHippo), the third Zimbabwean to successfully swim the Channel, gave some
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