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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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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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Luka Turk, a Slovenian Olympic pool swimmer, set his second winter swimming world record.
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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
Tokyo Olympics Will Go On Courtesy of Australasian Leisure Management. Australasian Leisure Management reported about the cancellation or movement of a number of international sporting competitions in marathon running, soccer, basketball, tennis, track and cycling due to the Coronavirus outbreak: * 2020 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon was cancelled, affecting 70,000 runners * Women’s Olympic
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Spirit Orcas Take To The Open Water In The Great Bear Rainforest Courtesy of Susan Simmons, British Columbia, Canada. The Spirit Orcas are a group of six developmentally disabled athletes who challenge themselves by swimming in the open water. In July 2019 they swam a 25 km relay through Gunboat Pass to Bella Bella in
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Reino von Wielligh, Samantha Kruger Fastest 16 Milers In Midmar Courtesy of WOWSA, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 16 Milers of the aQuellé Midmar Mile each raise 20,000 South African rand for charity. Their goal was to swim 8 miles on each day of the 2-day open water swimming festival in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
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Connor Albertyn Leads 50 Who Did 8 Courtesy of WOWSA, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. 50 swimmers completed the 8 Mile event at the 2020 aQuellé Midmar Mile, raising hundreds of thousands of rand for charities in South Africa. The 8 Mile Charity Club must complete 8 one-mile swims over the course of the 2-day
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John Goodbody On An Open Water Swimming Icon, Thomas Watch Courtesy of English Channel swimmer and Olympic journalist John Goodbody, London, United Kingdom. The following article by John Goodbody about Tom Watch, who passed away over the weekend, originally appeared in Swimming Times in 2007: For Channel swimmers over the last 60 years, he has
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Robyn Kinghorn Takes Top Honors At aQuellé Midmar Mile Courtesy of Karien Jonckheere, Midmar Dam, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. 23-year-old Olympian Michelle Weber has been competing in the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa since she was 11. The last time that Weber won the aQuellé Midmar Mile was in 2016, the same year that
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