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Alex Fong Lik-sun Makes A Huge Impact Around Hong Kong Video courtesy of South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. Singer and Olympic swimmer Alex Fong Lik-sun of Hong Kong was nominated for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award with the following nomination: Alex Fong Lik-sun of Hong Kong completely took […]
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Bill Welzien Does Another Marathon In Key West Courtesy of WOWSA, Key West, Florida. Bill Welzien has never found any of his 112 career 20.1 km circumnavigation swims around Key West in southern Florida boring, but he shook up his marathon swimming routine a bit towards the end of last year. He took on the
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Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim In Turks & Caicos Courtesy of Ben Stubenberg, “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim, Turks & Caicos. The “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim is now in its 11th year and features ½-mile, 1-mile and 2.4-mile sea swims in Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean Sea, organized by Ben Stubenberg and Chloe
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Surround-sound Streaming While Slip Swimming Courtesy of Quinn Fitzgerald, Livermore, California. The sound is great, like hearing your favorite music while sitting down at home with your headphones on – but you are out in the ocean or lake. FINIS has changed the swimming experience by providing crystal clear surround-sound underwater with its new FINIS
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Open Water Swimming Throughout The 21st Century Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is mind-boggling, especially to Baby Boomers, to think that any young children or even teenagers in high school have a very high probability of living until the year 2100. What these children and (probably a good number of) teenagers will see
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Video shows 2009 Japan Swimming Federation’s Tokyo Marathon Swimming Championships in Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. Video shows 2012 Japan Swimming Federation’s Tokyo Marathon Swimming Championships in Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Future Of Odaiba Marine Park Courtesy of the Japan Times. This is the Olympic year where the fastest and most
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Really Roughwater Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo. The slalom canoeing races at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. It may sound a bit strange and far-fetched, but I would want to wear a helmet and probably prefer to have the water running as slowly
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2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Nominees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: * World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year * World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year * World Open Water Swimming
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2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: * World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year * World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year * World Open Water Swimming
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2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: * World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year * World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year * World Open Water Swimming
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