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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
PowerSwimming In The Open Water Courtesy of DARPAtv. Years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military, sponsored its PowerSwim Program with the aim to create highly efficient, human-powered swimming devices for use by combat […]
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Marcello Guidi Wins World Beach Games Courtesy of ANOC World Beach Games, Doha, Qatar. “It was a really hard race because the water was very hot,” explained Marcello Guidi of Italy to reporters after the inaugural 5 km race at the ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. “The temperature was a great problem because
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Ana Marcela Cunha, Too Tough For Words Courtesy of ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) World Beach Games, Doha, Qatar. Cool and cold, warm, hot. Tranquil or turbulent. Jellyfish, waves…nothing seems to stop Ana Marcela Cunha from climbing on the podium at international competitions. The extreme water temperatures in Doha, Qatar at the ANOC World
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Axel Reymond Axel Reymond on the 5 km team relay Logan Fontaine on the 5 km team relay Logan Fontaine and Axel Reymond Axel Reymond Sweeps Open Water At Military World Games Courtesy of Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai at 7th CISM Military World Games, Wuhan, China. Axel Reymond was on a tear in Wuhan, China 7th CISM
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Visual Impairment After Long, Cold Marathon Swims Courtesy of Pat Gallant-Charette, Westbrook, Maine. If there is anyone who knows how to multitask, it is Pat Gallant-Charette. The retired American nurse from Maine watches her grandchildren and trains for her numerous marathon swims while following trackers of marathon and channel swimmers worldwide. “I love our sport,”
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Susan Simmons On Swimming And Learning Courtesy of Susan Simmons, Namu, British Columbia, Canada. Susan Simmons talks about her marathon swims in Heiltsuk territory in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada here (What I learned from the Ocean as I swam to Koeye). Copyright © 2019 by Susan Simmons
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Resilience By Force Blue Courtesy of Force Blue Team, Florida. Resilience is a documentary of Force Blue’s 10-day mission to survey and save the endangered green sea turtle population of the lower Florida Keys. Resilience won the Audience Choice Award at the 5th Annual Reedy Reels Film Festival in Greenville, South Carolina. Force Blue Co-Founder
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70-year-old Pam Ladds of Newport, Vermont and 70-year-old Sharon Purdy of Toronto, Ontario swim in the 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. 74-year-old Ginny Peck returns to the 2020 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival with 2 other septuagenarians. Swimming Septuagenarians In The Snow Photos courtesy of Patricia Pzybylinsk. Information by Phil White, Lake
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Alex Fong Lik-sun Sets Record Around Hong Kong Courtesy of Shu Pu, HK360 Swim, Hong Kong. Olympic swimmer and 2019 Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim winner Alex Fong Lik-sun smashed the existing circumnavigation swim record around Hong Kong en route to becoming the fourth swimmer to complete the 45 km course on November 5th. Faster
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Swimming To And From Sandbars Photos courtesy of WOWSA, Fiji Swims, Fiji. Sandbar swims are just totally cool, whether in rivers or offshore from beaches. Twice a day, sandbars can pop up and create temporary playgrounds for open water swimmers. Copyright © 2008 – 2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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