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The One And Only, Jaimie Monahan Courtesy of Urban Swim. Jaimie Monahan is a channel swimmer, marathon swimmer, ice swimmer, Ice Ironwoman, two-time Guinness World Records holder, Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame who are arguably put in more air miles than anyone in the […]
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Tokyo 2020 Delayed…But Hopeful Courtesy of 2020 Summer Olympics (2020年夏季オリンピック). The Games of the XXXII Olympiad scheduled for this summer were postponed until next July, but the fireworks could not be stored until next year. So the show goes on and the athletes remain hopeful that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will go on as scheduled
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Keeping Safe, Enjoy The 2020 Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim Courtesy of Pelin Çelik, Bosphorus Turkey. Pelin Çelik explains, “COVID-19 has affected Turkey as in other countries, but the situation is getting better every day. The annual Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race (Turkish: Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı), always held in July, was postponed until August 23rd.
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A Race For All Ages: Aqua Sphere North Shore 5K/10K Swim Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Similar to tens of thousands of open water swimming events around the world that have been cancelled due to COVID-19, the Aqua Sphere North Shore 5K/10K Swim is cancelled for 2020. The North Shore Swim Series event
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Lewis Pugh Interviews Shark Champion Achmat Hassiem Courtesy of Lewis Pugh Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town lifesaver and Paralympic medalist Achmat Hassiem lost a leg to a Great White Shark. Lewis Pugh interviewed him and shared his remarkable story here.
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Professor Will Dichtel Sets Record Overnight For Chicago Skyline Swim Courtesy of Marcia Cleveland, Lake Michigan, Illinois. Will Dichtel is one very intelligent swimmer. And the 41-year old knows the open water. He is the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, which recognized his invention of materials that
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Ala Moana Beach Swim Club Crosses Kaulakahi Channel With Calvin Photo courtesy of Bonnie Leong. Report courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Niihau – Kauai, Hawaii. On August 8th, 5 swimmers from the Ala Moana Beach Swim Club completed a 27.3 km tandem crossing of the Kaulakahi Channel from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai to Niihau. Bill
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Steve Minaglia Does His 19th Channel Crossing With Friends Courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Kaulakahi Channel, Hawaii. On August 8th, the same day that Stefan Reinke, Bill Goding, Lectie Altman, Marcus Guttmann and Ryan Leong Guttmann completed a group 27.3 km tandem swim of the Kaulakahi Channel from Kauai to Ni’ihau in 11 hours 38 minutes.
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Hall Of Famer Barry Watson Passes Away Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famer Barry Watson on the May 9th edition of WOWSA Live. “Barry was so engaged talking about his life in the water,” said Denison. Watson was sponsored by
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Gertrude Ederle Ranked Among History’s Most Fearless Women Courtesy of Simon Whistler of TopTenz 3-time Olympic medalist, 5-time world record holder, and the first female English Channel swimmer Gertrude Ederle was listed as #9 in the 10 of History’s Most Badass Women by Simon Whistler.
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