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Nearly 600 swimmers lined up on Hobie Beach in Nelson Mandela Bay on the Eastern Cape of South Africa for the 8th round of the Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series last week. 14-year-old Wayne Jones outsprinted Michael Marais (shown on left) to win the Crocs 3K Ocean Swim. Chris van de Sande (shown finishing below)and […]
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Swimming World TV interviewed South African open water swimmer Chad Ho discussed training with the world’s best and his gradual rise to the highest echelon of open water swimming. Watch the full show here. Copyright © 2010 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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One of Hawaii’s most accomplished marathon swimmers and member of the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame, 58-year-old Linda Kaiser, notched another channel under her belt last year – her longest and most difficult channel swim to date. Like Penny Palfrey in March 2009 and Harry Huffacker back in 1970, Kaiser crossed the 30-mile (48K) Alenuihaha
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Julian Critchlow’s database of successful English Channel swimmers showed an interesting statistic: there have been dozens of individuals over the age of 50 who have completed the English Channel. These adventurers prove that some things do get better with age. The oldest of the group is the venerable George Brunstad, the youthful-minded 70-year-old who crossed
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23 top professional marathon swimmers from 9 countries competed in the always difficult 57K 37th Maraton Acuatica Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda on Sunday, swimming before thousands of supportive fans in the quick-moving Coroda River in Argentina. Prior to the main race, a promotional sprint race was held at the finish area in Coronda, followed
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The difference between first and second in the FINA 10KM Marathon Swim World Cup race (Maratona Aquática Internacional de Santos) in Santos, Brazil was ever so close. Russia’s Evgeny Drattsev finished in 2:14:12:03 over Chad Ho’s 2:14:12:44 and Allan do Carmo’s 2:14:13:00. From first-hair reports, Chad was coming in strongly, but slightly misjudged his touch
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Jessica Roux (shown on left) remained unbeaten in the Eastern Cape of South Africa as she won both the 3K and 10K swim at the inaugural Eastern Province Open Water Swim Champs held at Marina Martinique. Michael Marais won the men’s 10K event. “The swim was tough, but I was happy with my time and
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17-year-old Ana Marcela Cunha won today’s FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup (Maratona Internacional de Santos – Trophy Renata Agondi). Ana Marcela played her cards right, taking over after the last turn buoy with 1.1K to go from Olympic 10K champion Larisa Ilchenko and American Chloe Sutton under calm seas with no wind. “In the
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Brazilian hero Ana Marcela Cunha made a powerful move at the finish and won by over a body at the first stop of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos Brazil. It was an impressive win over the world’s top marathon swimmers. As of press time, we are still trying to confirm who
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Photos on left show International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famers George Young (1927), a world champion of Catalina Channel fame, and Sunny Lowry (1933) of English Channel fame who provided leadership for years in their racing gear. The pioneers of the sport were true heroes in every sense of the word. George and Sunny help
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