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Prabhat Koli Getting Closer Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Throughout his teenage years, Prabhat Koli has achieved success time after time after time around the world, from his native India to the Africa continent to California, Hawaii and Japan, building friendships along the way with the Who’s Who of marathon swimming. […]
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Movie Night Before The La Jolla Cove Swim Courtesy of Element 8 Productions. Three California swimmers were featured in a documentary film, appropriately called Driven. Channel swimmers Fiona Goh, Cherie Edborg, and Evan Morrison are the featured swimmers in Driven, the brilliant documentary film by Ben Pitterle and Brian Hall of Element 8 Productions. Driven
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Swim For Rivers In South Africa Courtesy of Catherine Ritchie, Bronkhorstspruit River, Gauteng, South Africa. Growing up on a Free State farm in South Africa, Andrew Chin learned the value of water – and its impact on survival – at a young age. Early in his career he worked in rural development, where he experienced
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Prabhat Koli On The Verge Of The Oceans Seven Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Cook Strait, New Zealand. 20-year-old Prabhat Koli is just one channel swim away from completing the Oceans Seven. His coach Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE reported from Wellington, New Zealand as she and Prabhat are getting ready for his attempt of the Cook
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Swimming Around Africa Courtesy of OpenWater Africa, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Following in the wake of Lewis Pugh (9 hours 52 minutes in 1992, Dr. Otto Thaning (10 hours 5 minutes in 1992), Abigail Brown (9 hours 45 minutes in 2010), Milko van Gool (8 hours 46 minutes in 2013), Kaitlin Harthoorn (9
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The New Stillwater 8 Courtesy of Michelle Macy, Portland, USA. Oceans Seven swimmer and Hall of Famer Michelle Macy announced the new and improved Stillwater 8. Macy first announced the solo marathon swimming challenge across 8 different lakes around the world in 2011. With the input and advice of Evan Morrison and other marathon swimmers,
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J’ai Fait Dakar-Gorée Courtesy of AFP and Aljazeera, Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal. Gorée Island (Île de Gorée) off the coast of the Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, is known as the location of the House of Slaves (French: Maison des esclaves). The House of Slaves was built between 1780–1784, but is now a tourist
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Getting Outside To The Open (Water) Courtesy of The Indoor Generation by VELUX. The Indoor Generation is an impactful campaign that succeeded in creating global awareness of how indoor environment affects people’s health and well-being. “The Indoor Generation includes all kinds of common scenes in people’s homes, but the film combines that will shocking and
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Marc-Antoine Olivier Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha Courtesy of Ahmed Oukda and FINA’s Colin Hill, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions kicked off the 2020 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar today. 75 swimmers including 2016 Olympic gold medalist Ferry Weertman raced over the 10 km
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Leonie Beck Wins FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series In Doha Courtesy of Ahmed Oukda and FINA’s Colin Hill, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions kicked off the 2020 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar today. 53 swimmers including 2016 Olympic gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal raced over the 10
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