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100 Yards Of Hope To Save Coral Reef Courtesy of Jim Ritterhoff, Force Blue, Miami, Florida. It is an American phenomenon, but the Super Bowl game is always huge across the United States. And there will be a little touch of the open water during today’s oversized, seemingly ubiquitous National Football League festivities. Jim Ritterhoff […]
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Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira is one of the few channel swimmers over the last 140 years who has had to endure a mass of flesh and muscles being ripped from his body, leaving a
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Travesía Interminable Is World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Mexico City. Travesía Interminable is a book that was written by Antonio Argüelles and Adam Skolnick that covers Argüelles’ life and experiences as he achieved the Oceans Seven. The book is selling well in Mexico, Latin America and Spain and will
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Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cold…bone-chilling cool. Long…mind-boggling long. Difficult…unbelievably difficult. Fast…world-class fast. All of the nominees in the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year could be defined by these adjectives. The WOWSA Awards are an annual
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Against The Tides Screenings Stefan Stuckert and Beth French are on the road again with their documentary film, Against The Tides. Stuckert says, “If you know anybody interested in adventure and female pioneering, the transformative power of swimming, the meaning of success or the challenges of living with ME and bringing up an autistic child,
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Swim Miami Enhances International Swimming Hall Of Fame Festivities Courtesy of Swim Miami, Miami Marine Stadium, Florida. Swim Miami is one of the largest open water swimming events in the United States. Race director Jonathan Strauss organizes 800m, 1 mile (The Miami Mile), 5 km, 10 km and K-9 Krawl events held on April 26th
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John Doolittle Talks About Human Potential Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Los Alamitos, California. John Doolittle, a retired Navy SEAL with 25 years of military service, was a competitive swimmer at the Air Force Academy and later crossed the English Channel in a memorial swim for one of his fellow fallen Navy SEALs. “John profoundly understands
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Krzysztof Kubiak, Jana Procházková Win River Labe Ice Swim Courtesy of River Labe CZ 5th Anniversary Ice Swim, Hradec Králové CZ, Czech Republic. On December 1st 2019 at Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, Referee Michal Moravec, Medical Officer Jiri Kurina, and International Ice Swimming Association Official Jakub Valnicek joined Event Director Jiri Kurina to
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Ciara Doran, Dominic Mudge Win IISA Ireland 1k National Titles Courtesy of Wild Water Armagh, Northern Ireland. On January 25th, Referee Tiffiny Quinn, Medical Officer Martina Ring, and International Ice Swimming Association Official Martina Ring joined Event Director Ian Conroy to organize the IISA Ireland 1k National Championships in Wild Water Armagh. 20-year-old Ciara Doran,
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Tough Strong Swimmers from TSS Win Australian 5 km Relay Title Courtesy of Ian Hanson, Hanson Media. Photo courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, Australia. The TSS Aquatic Club A team won the 4×1.25 km relay at the 2020 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships in Brighton Beach, Adelaide. 5 km Relay Result: 1. TSS
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