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With new restrictions being increasingly implemented around the world, including a lockdown in California and Italy, swimmers are finding them increasingly isolated in their homes and communities – with no real understanding of how long they will be in quarantine, in a lockdown or in a shelter-in-place community. Movies set in the open water or […]
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The Most Expensive Mile on the Planet Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Ger Kennedy came up with the concept for the Antarctica 2020 swimming expedition in November 2016. He launched the expedition in the public domain in March 2017. Kennedy explains, “My idea from the beginning was to bring a bunch of ordinary
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Wash Your Hands to this H-O-M-E-S Sing-Along Courtesy of Madhu Nagaraja, GLOW Adventures, Coronation Beach, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Meghan Callon of Swim Drink Fish employee, created this Great Lakes Guide song just for a rendition of Great Lakes and washing hands. Madhu Nagaraja of GLOW Adventures explains, “Due to coronavirus, social distancing has been advised
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Swimmers Heading Home And In The Ocean As strictly controlled lockdowns are being replicated from city to city and country to country, swimmers around the world are finding their pools are being closed. While the average open water swimmer is not necessarily impacted with a closure of their local pool – because they can always
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Clarence Giles Swim 3 Days Straight On The Yellowstone River Courtesy of WOWSA, Yellowstone River. Clarence Giles was a 45-year-old livestock auctioneer who completed the longest distance covered in a continuous open water swim way back in 1939. He traversed 463.5 km (288 miles) from Billings to Glendive in the state of Montana swimming, floating,
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Who Will Follow In The Wake Of Richard Weinberger? Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. Swimming Canada was hoping for a repeat of Richard Weinberger‘s bronze medal 10 km performance at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Not only are there questions whether or not the Tokyo Olympics
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Bill Goll, Marathoning Pioneer & Hall Of Famer Courtesy of WOWSA. William “Bill” Goll, born about 1908, finished second in the 1930 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to kick-start an illustrious career where he carved a niche as a true pioneer in the sport of marathon swimming. Goll was posthumously inducted in the International Marathon Swimming
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Daina Bouquin, Stephen Rouch Win 25 Butterfly At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Courtesy of Phil White and Ginny Peck, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A. The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont. 30-year-old Daina Bouquin and 35-year-old Stephen Rouch won
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Ger Kennedy Completes Polar Zero Ice Mile Courtesy of Antarctica 2020, Paradise Bay, Antarctica. During the Antarctica 2020 event, Irishman Ger Kennedy completed a Polar Zero Ice Mile in 0.5ºC water and 2.0ºC air temperature in Paradise Bay, Antarctica in February 2020. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Darran Cusick Becomes An Iron Iceman Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. Darran Cusick competed in the IISA Ireland 1k National Championships and swam in Team Global Tridents, a 35 km relay with Christine O’Brien, Lauren O’Malley, Dominic Mudge, Louise Darlington and Francie Haughey across the North Channel, and completed the Ironman Barcelona
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