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Courtesy of Julian Critchlow, English Channel. Out of curiosity, we wondered what the gradual progression of the English Channel crossing records were since 1875. Based on Julian Critchlow‘s database, we found out these nuggets of history of swims from France to England and from England to France: France to England Solo Crossing – World Record […]
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Muscling In On The Fun At Venice Beach Courtesy of Venice Paparazzi and Kathryn Iannucci, SCAQ, Venice Beach, California. If there is any day on the global open water swimming calendar where the most number of open water events are held, it is probably on New Year’s Day when many charity and fun Polar Bear
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2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series Schedule Courtesy of FINA. Rachele Bruni of Italy and Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary will have one specific race and one overwhelming goal in mind for their 2020 swim season: to win gold in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, Japan on October 5th
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Google Is Nearly In The (Guinness) Books Courtesy of WOWSA, Mountain View, California. Back in 2009, the Camlough Team of 220 swimmers swam into the record books. The Camlough Team swam 685.5 km (426.5 miles) back and forth across Lake Camlough in northern Ireland for 232 hours 52 minutes non-stop over 9 nights and 10
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Timeless Appeal Of Ocean Pools Courtesy of James Carley of The Conversation. James Carley of The Conversation wrote a fascinating summary of the timeless appeal of ocean pools, largely along the coast of New South Wales, Australia between Newcastle and Wollongong. To read the article, visit here.
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Erin Churchill Becomes 7th Iron Icewoman Courtesy of WOWSA, Cochiti Lake in New Mexico, USA. On December 14th, Erin Churchill joined Kellie Joyce Latimer (2014), Jaimie Monahan (2016), Claire Bustin-Mulkern (2017), Conny Prasser (2017), Corinna Nolan (2018), Elina Mäkinen (2018) as the world’s only Iron Icewomen. She first completed a 12 hour 30 minute Ironman
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Eyewitness Account of Sarah Ferguson’s Easter Island Circumnavigation Swim Courtesy of Tod Hardin, Plastic Oceans International, Rapa Nui. Plastic Oceans International, a non-profit organization working to end plastic pollution in the oceans, announced the publication of Swimming Easter Island, a book written by John McCarthy about Sarah Ferguson circumnavigation swim of Rapa Nui. The 88-page
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Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya Courtesy of WOWSA and Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel, Japan. Since 2008, Masayuki Moriya has been training, preparing, planning, escorting, documenting and observing channel swims in the Tsugaru Channel (between Honshu and Hokkaido) and nearby Sado Channel (between Sado Island and the Honshu mainland) in northern Japan. His prep
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Is It Big Enough To Matter? Is It Small Enough To Win? Yes! Courtesy of Sky News, East Antarctica. In the United States, skeptics of man-made global warming and climate change are as passionate and critical of scientists and activists who study and warn about these global effects. President Trump has often talked about climate
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Blind Vision, James Pittar Making A Difference Courtesy of James Pittar. Matt Logan has kayaked for International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer James Pittar for many years. He described the relationship. “Kayaking for James is different to kayaking for a sighted person.” “On the water, it is blind faith. James is blind and
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