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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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Olympic And World Champions To Race In Qatar Courtesy of FINA, Doha, Qatar. Olympic and world champions will kickoff the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in the Arabian Gulf in Doha, Qatar this Saturday. Florian Wellbrocks, Ana Marcela Cunha and Kristóf Rasovszky, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Haley Anderson, Ferry Weertman and Sharon van Rouwendaal [shown above after
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Swim For Susan, A Spectacular Success Courtesy of
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Eric Nilsson Breaks 1990 Record Of Bob Placak Courtesy of Chris Ottati, Pacific Masters Swimming, northern California. Video courtesy of Michael Poliskey at the 2017 Peaks to Portland Swim, Maine. Eric Nilsson has competed in many open water swim across the United States, from the Trans Tahoe Relay in California and the Hawaiian Christmas Looong
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Social Kicking, Getting A Leg Up On Catching Up Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While channel swimmers, distance swimmers and elite swimmers train exceedingly hard, pushing themselves lap after lap and mile after mile in the pool and open water, not everything in swimming has to be intense and challenging or excessive and extreme.
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Mike Miller On The World Olympians Association Courtesy of WOWSA. The World Olympians Association includes over 120,000 living Summer or Winter Olympic athletes. The mission of the Association is to be of service to all Olympians, empowering them to make the world a better place by promoting the Olympic ideals and fair play, advancing environmental
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2020 Swim Season In The Northeast Kingdom Courtesy of Phil White, Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association, Vermont. Phil White, founder and visionary behind the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association announced, “We are looking out at another robust summer of open water swimming in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and the Eastern Townships of
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Swimmers Strategic Social Kick Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Catalina Channel swimmer Chris Dahowski of Paseo Aquatics [shown on left] understands swimming very well. After decades as a national-level age-group, high school and collegiate swimmer and elite competitive coach, he has a profound understanding when it is time to be intense – and when
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You Never Know When, Where Or How Courtesy of Megan Melgaard, California. Megan Melgaard has many safety certifications. The former NCAA stand-out from the University of Florida and Safety Commissioner for Swim Across America has had safety responsibilities on pool decks, in open water swimming competitions, and on Hollywood sets. But the last thing that
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Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum broke the existing 100m freestyle world record of 1:05.57 at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships held in Lake Bled, Slovenia last week. Fatum’s new standard of 1:04.87 was over 4 seconds faster than second-place Julia Wittig in 1:09.17. Women’s 100m Freestyle