How High Is Your Navigational IQ In The Open Water?
Good swimmers have a high navigational IQ or an innate ability to swim the quickest course in the open bodies of water.
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Five Dimensions Of Expecting The Unexpected In The Open Water
There are five dimensions Of Expecting The Unexpected in open water swimming.
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Saiful Islam Rasel Completes First Two-way Crossing Of The Bangla Channel
Saiful Islam Rasel completed the first 32.2 km two-way crossing Of The Bangla Channel
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Olympic Boycotts, Real And Possible
Tokyo Olympic news was both uplifting and depressing this week
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No Fukuoka For Olympic Marathon Swimming Qualification – What Now? Where? When?
The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race to be held in Fukuoka, Japan was cancelled. Now what? Where? When?
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Krzysztof Kubiak Swims 3,750 meters In 4.3°C Water
Krzysztof Kubiak swam for 3,750 meters in 4.3°C – 4.5°C water that took him 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds.
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Bob McCormack: Author, Historian, Ocean Swimmer
Robert McCormack has written 4 books on ocean swimming and marathon swimming that captures the history and exploits of swimmers from Annette Kellerman to James Doty.
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Marathon Swimming Heroes In Memoriam
IMSHOF honorees who passed away during 2020 included Ersin Aydin (Turkey), Cor de Bruin (Netherlands), Dennis Miller (Fiji), George Park (Canada), Dale Petranech (USA), Tom Watch (Great Britain), and Barry Watson (Great Britain)
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Celebrating Champions, Honoring Heroes At The Virtual Class Of 2020 IMSHOF Induction & Awards Ceremony
The Class of 2020 of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will be honored and inducted virtually on May 1-2, 2021 in a Zoom ceremony.
The Vitruvian Man In The Contemporary Open Water Swimming World
If Leonardo da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Swimmer swam in the open water, his proportions are explained in a thought experiment.
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