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Mayra Santos Completes 42 km Madeira Islands Ultra Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Madeira Islands, Portugal. Mayra Santos is from Santa Cruz, Madeira Island, Portugal. But she found her open water swimming grove on Madeira Islands in Portugal. The Madeira Islands is a Portuguese archipelago located in the north Atlantic Ocean, west and slightly south of […]
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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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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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Marilyn Bell, Bob Duenkel Inducted In International Swimming Hall of Fame Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Marilyn Bell and Bob Duenkel are inductees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Next year, they will both be inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as members of the Class
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Yuko Matsuzaki Explains The Why Of Her Guinness World Record Courtesy of WOWSA, Endless Pool, Redondo Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki set a Guinness World Record for the Longest Continual Swim in a Counter-flow Pool in Redondo Beach, California from 8:00 am on October 5th to 8:01 am on October 6th. Copyright © 2008 – 2019
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Daniel Vanderhave, Mayank Vaid To Swim Around Hong Kong Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Hong Kong. Daniel Vanderhave and Mayank Vaid will attempt a 45 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Hong Kong on November 21st. Doug Woodring reports, “It will be a tandem swim that is expected to be 15 hours. Their goal is
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Amirizal Ishak Hosts Great Perhentian Island Marathon Swim Courtesy of Shubham Vanmali, Pulau, Perhentian Besar, Malaysia. Shubham Vanmali traveled from his native India to visit Malaysia and participate in the 16 km Perhentian Island Marathon Swim, a circumnavigation swim held around Pulau, Perhentian Besar, Malaysia organised by Swimon and Amirizal Ishak. In addition to the
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Yasunari Hirai, Kelly Araouzou Win 5th Santorini Experience Courtesy of Babis Giritziotis and Danijela Bogdanovic, Santorini Island, Greece. The last time Spyros Gianniotis of Greece and Yasunari Hirai of Japan were swimming together, they were racing in Copacabana Beach at the 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Gianniotis entered the finish
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Glauco Luise de Oliveira Rangel Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest, Dan Simonelli accepted a Guinness World Records certificate on behalf of Glauco Luise de Oliveira Rangel who set the fastest record on the 36 km
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Hank Wise Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Long Beach swimmer Hank Wise was honored by Guinness World Records for his 7 career Catalina Channel crossings – to date – at the WOWSA Ocean Fest held in Redondo Beach, California on October 5th. The King of the Catalina
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