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Arianna Bridi Wins Season-Ending Chun’an Marathon Courtesy of Colin Hill and FINA, Chun’an, China. Arianna Bridi won a close, tough FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race in Chun’an, China on Sunday after 2020 Tokyo Olympians Ana Marcela Cunha, Xin Xin, and Rachele Bruni. Chun’an Female Results: 1. Arianna Bridi (Italy) 2:04:05.44 2. Ana Marcela Cunha […]
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Crimson Elite Swimming Opportunity Courtesy of WOWSA, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the decades, there have been many swimmers who have studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From Olympic medalists Bobby Hackett, David Berkoff and Neville Hayes to world open water swimming champions Alex Meyer and Steven Munatones, and United States presidents who bodysurf (President Obama)
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When Walruses Perish Photo of the Pacific walrus courtesy of Joel Sartore. Article courtesy of Elizabeth Kolbert, National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Magazine puts the loss of any species into perspective. They write, “If we lived in an ordinary time — time here being understood in the long, unhurried sense of a geologic epoch —
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Jonathan Ratcliffe, Swimming Through The Night Into Daybreak Courtesy of Jonathan Ratcliffe, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. When Jonathan Ratcliffe completed his most recent marathon swim, a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 11 hours 7 minutes, he chalked up his fifth Oceans Seven swim. The 45-year-old British
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松崎裕子ギネスレコードに挑戦 Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. レドンドビーチのシーサイド・ラグーンで今週１０月４日（金）午前１１時から１０月５日（土）の午前１１時まで、日本人プロマラソンスイマー松崎裕子さんが、エンドレスプールにて『２４時間ノンストップ泳』でギネスレコードに挑戦します。 20年以上世界中のプロマラソンスイミングレースに出場し、その様子はTBSテレビの「情熱大陸」でも放送されました。また各国で、チャリティースイミングをこなし、２０１１年には日本人初のマラソンスイマーとして世界マラソンスイミング殿堂入りを果しました。是非、レドンドビーチのシーサイド・ラグーンに来て、松崎さんを応援して下さい。 入場は無料です。 場所：Seaside Lagoon, 200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 ご参考：www.wowsaoceanfest.com The public is invited to cheer on International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki from 11:00 am on Friday, October 4th to Saturday, October 5th in her longest Endless Pool
Endless Glory: Swim Like A Gold Medalist Or World Record Holder Courtesy of WOWSA Ocean Fest, Redondo Beach, California. After International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki finishes her 24-hour swim in the Endless Pools Fitness Systems E550 (from 11:00 am on Friday, October 4th to 11:00 am on Saturday, October 5th),
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Claire Faranda Crosses The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, northern Japan. Claire Faranda from France flew halfway around the world to start at 2:47 am on July 20th from Kodomari, Aomori Prefecture on Honshu. After catching some good luck with the weather and conditions, she reached the northern Japanese island of
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Hank Wise To Be Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of WOWSA, Catalina Channel, California. While he undoubtedly will finish his marathon swimming career with additional solo Catalina Channel crossings, local Long Beach swimmer Hank Wise will be honored for his 7 career Catalina Channel crossings to date on October 5th. The King of the
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Terence Bell Working With Ocean Innovation Africa Courtesy of Terence Bell, Cape Town, South Africa. Australian Terence Bell completed his unprecedented 14-day 51 hour 57 minute stage swim between July 1st and 14th to become the first person to circumnavigate 160 km around Kaua’i. Now he is working with Ocean Innovation Africa, an ocean-impact accelerator
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Rachele Bruni Leading FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Courtesy of FINA, Chun’an, China. 18 women from Bolivia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, Thailand and Venezuela have arrived in China to compete in Sunday’s FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race in Chun’an, China. The Series have seen
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