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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California Tunisie Numerique selected the start of Nejib Belhedi’s 155 km circumnavigation swim around Djerba Island in Tunisia as its 2020 Photo of the Year. The photo was taken from shore near Al Kantara right before Belhedi was to start his swim on October 30th. Belhedi finished 47 hours 50 minutes […]
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Photo showing International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Des Renford on left with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Pilot Reg Brickell Sr. on right is courtesy of Ned Denison. Reg Bricknell, Sr. from Great Britain was an escort pilot for 84 English Channel swimmers including solo crossings by Penny Dean, Helge Jensen, Tina Bischoff and Lynne Cox as well as 13 relays including the first two-way
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Courtesy of Royal Life Saving Society UK. Most year-end events from Festive Dips in the UK and Polar Bear Swims and Polar Bear Plunges in America and winter swims and open water dips elsewhere around the world impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have been cancelled. The Royal Life Saving Society UK provides an educational video
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Courtesy of Royal Life Saving Society UK. Ed Accura, the co-founder of Black Swimming Association and the protagonist of A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim [see below] that chronicles his experiences in learning how to swim while addressing typical stereotypes and modern myths that have been perpetuated about black people and swimming, and how those factors
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Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Sophia Brunt is a 28-year-old British open water swimmer, primary school teacher, a former triathlete and competitive swimmer with the Wimbledon Dolphins Swimming Club, a STA swimming teacher, coach, and a member of the Serpentine Swimming Club. She is active to say the least. But in the year of the pandemic, Brunt had to
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Courtesy of PDA Esportes, English Channel. Abilio Couto was the first Brazilian to swim across the English Channel in 1958. Since that time, there have been 30 swimmers who have 1st: Abilio Couto (France to England) in 12 hours 45 minutes in 1958 + 11 hours 33 minutes in 1959 + 12 hours 49 minutes
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Courtesy of Shu Pu, AVRA, Hong Kong. Shu Pu announced the 2021 Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim that will be held on February 21st 2021. Pu invited interested Cold-Halfers and Cold-Plungers in the following events: * ColdXtreme – 15 km swim, 75 km bike and 25 km run, solo or teams of 2* Cold Half
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kosatka means orca or toothed whales in the Russian language. A winter swimming center and club called Kosatka DV in Vladivostok was founded by Oleg Duchuchaev. DV or Dalniy Vostok means Far East that includes East Siberia, Yakutia, and the Pacific Coast. Kosatka DV organizes and trains people for
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SPLASH! 10,000 Years of Swimming covers the history of swimming from the days of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome as well as during the Dark Ages and Middle Ages to the Renaissance and modern-day Olympic Games.
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There are certain things that most open water swimmers want to avoid in the ocean: jellyfish, sharks, orcas, and poisonous fish.
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