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Elizabeth Fry To Be Honored In Midtown Manhattan Courtesy of Guinness World Records North America. 60-year-old Elizabeth Fry is the epitome of a mild-mannered heroine with the stamina and strength of athletes one-third her age. She was nominated for the 2011, 2015 and 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and did a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA Ocean Fest and Julie Andersen of Plastic Oceans at Redondo Beach, California. South African Sarah Ferguson was honored by Guinness World Records at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California for the Fastest Circumnavigation Swim around Easter Island. Swimming on behalf of Plastic Oceans, Ferguson was recognized for the fastest
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Los Cabo Open Water Acuarium By Mariel Hawley Courtesy of Mariel Hawley, Baja California, Mexico. On October 19th,
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The Great Relay West Coast Courtesy of the Trident Swim Foundation, Los Angeles, California. There are 5 km team trial relays held at the FINA World Championships around the world. But there are few team trial relays like the Great Relays held in Los Angeles and New York. Unlike the FINA relays where 4 swimmers
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi, the Father of Ouma in his native Tunisia, came back from heart surgery at the age of 66 to swim 76 hours 30 minutes along the coast of Tunisia in a 120 km sea swim between September 15th-18th 2018. It was the longest sea swim
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Like Dad, Like Daughter Across The Catalina Channel Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. In 1979, Michael Miller crossed the 42 km Molokai Channel in a tandem swim with Ian Emberson. Since then, the former collegiate swimmer has crossed the Catalina Channel twice, the English Channel twice, the Maui Channel several times,
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Rostislav Vítek, Magda Okurková Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Ram Barkai, the founder of the International Ice Swimming Association was present at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California to accept Guinness World Record certificates on behalf of two ice swimming luminaries, Rostislav Vítek and
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Ger Kennedy Achieves Ice Sevens Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Portillo, Chile. Ger Kennedy knew his last Ice Mile was going to be difficult – but he was physically, psychologically, logistically and emotionally prepared for the challenge. His ultimate goal was to become the first man and second person after Jaimie Monahan to achieve the Ice
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Team Canada Becomes Second DNS At World Beach Games Courtesy of Swim Canada, Doha, Qatar. Due to extreme water temperatures in Doha, Qatar, Team Canada has decided not to allow Canadian swimmers Raben Dommann, Eric Hedlin [shown above], Chantel Jeffrey and Kate Sanderson to compete in the 5 km ANOC World Beach Games races. Ahead
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Cameron Bellamy Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. At the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California, Oceans Seven swimmer Cameron Bellamy was honored by Guinness World Records for his unprecedented 40 hour 46 minute circumnavigation swim around Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. Bellamy sat down for
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