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Olympic 10K Marathon Swim thought experiment for the men racing in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Swimming Mask Competition Heats Up In Japan Courtesy of Yahoo News, Tokyo, Japan. Commercial competition is always tough inside Japan. After the large Konami Sports Club in Tokyo announced its use of new swimming pool masks in the post-lockdown era (see here), 38-year-old Junya Nishigawa, the president of Rockin Pool also launched a new type
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Waterlog About Floating Courtesy of Ben Cox. Waterlog is a short documentary by director Ben Cox which tells the story of writer Joe Minihane and his battle with anxiety. Finding an antidote in the form of wild swimming Joe sets out to retrace the route of environmentalist Roger Deakin’s nature writing classic, Waterlog. In a
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Sunny Lowry, Giving And Sharing A Long Life Of Service Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From Lorna Cochran who swims the aQuellé Midmar Mile in her 90’s to Dr. Otto Thaning who completed a crossing of the English Channel at the age of 73, longevity among open water swimmers is well established. One of
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Cancelled: Catalina Channel Crossings For 2020 Courtesy of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Forrest Nelson, David Clark, Don Van Cleve, Paula Selby, Becky Jackman, Carol Sing, and John York, members of the Board of Directors of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, announced the cancellation of the 2020 Catalina Channel season. They announced,
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The Santorini Experience, The Swim Goes On Courtesy of the Santorini Experience, Santorini Island, Greece with photos by Loukas Hapsis and Babis Giritziotis After thousands of press releases of postponements and cancellations open water events around the world with a few virtual races taking their place, there is now a welcomed change of the tide.
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Cameron Bellamy, Lynton Mortensen, Antonio Argüelles Talk About The Oceans Seven On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Cameron Bellamy from Cape Town (South Africa), Lynton Mortensen from the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia), and Antonio Argüelles from Mexico City talked about their achievement of the Oceans Seven with Steven Munatones on today’s
Steven Munatones experienced a myocardial infarction in the left anterior descending artery, ventricular fibrillation arrest and atypical thrombus (clot), and used KAATSU and swimming to recover.
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Achievement With Mauna Endurance – On Dryland And In The Open Water Courtesy of Mauna Endurance, Oceanside, California. Mauna Endurance is an endurance sports-oriented company from Oceanside, California that was founded by Philip Billikopf and is staffed by engineers, bankers, accountants, and advertisers who also so happen to be accomplished endurance athletes and knowledgeable coaches
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Billy Wallace Recalls North Channel History On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. The venerable Billy Wallace discussed his involvement and entwinement with the history of North Channel swimming and swimming in Ireland with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. Wallace described the following
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