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Still Swimming Fast – Angela Maurer Wins Another Pro Race Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. 44-year-old Angela Maurer of Germany won yet another professional marathon swim. This time, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer finished ahead of 16-year-old Vasiliki Kadoglu of Bulgaria and 18-year-old Antonia Buličić of Croatia in the 16 […]
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Grgo Mujan, Marathoning Machine Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. While 44-year-old Angela Maurer won the women’s 16 km Faros Maratón in Stari Grad Bay, Croatia on September 10th, 20-year-old Grgo Mujan of Croatia continued his winning ways in Croatia. He won the overall title at the Faros Maratón in dominating fashion with
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Andrej Pribac + Aljoša Pribac = Twin Swimmers Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Stari Grad Bay, Croatia. A great story of twin brothers swimming comes out of Croatia where Andrej Pribac and Aljoša Pribac of Slovenia) finished within a second of each other: Andrej was 5th in 4 hours 2 minutes 26 seconds and Aljoša was
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Grgo Mujan Wins 109th Edition Of Maraton Šilo-Crikve Courtesy of WOWSA, Maraton Šilo-Crikve, Croatia. Grgo Mujan of Croatia won the 109th edition of the Maraton Šilo-Crikve, a 3.5 km point-to-point race in Croatia. The Plivački maraton Šilo-Crikvenica is held every year on August 15th, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the patron saint of
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Nejib Belhedi To Be Honored At WOWSA Ocean Fest Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi is the Father of Ouma. He summed up the history of Ouma in his native Tunisia here. Belhedi, even after having heart surgery, came back at the age of 66 to swim 76 hours 30 minutes along the
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Four For One, One For Four: The Epic Adventure Of Sarah Thomas Courtesy of James Musselwhite, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine. How in the world does a woman with breast cancer go into remission after a tough battle – and then attempt something that has never before come even close to being achieved? Sarah Thomas will show
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Cameron Bellamy Gets Lucky On Friday The 13th Courtesy of Ubunye Challenge, Barbados, Caribbean Sea. Today, Friday the 13th, Cameron Bellamy started in his 150 km attempt to swim non-stop from Barbados to St. Lucia. He plans to swim from St Peters Bay on Barbados to Vieux Fort on the southerly tip of St Lucia
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Swimming From Stari Grad, Freestyling To Faros Courtesy of Istarske Sportske Reportaže, Faros Maratón, Stari Grad Bay, Hvar Island, Croatia. The Faros Maratón serves as the annual 16 km Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships from Stari Grad Bay to Faros, Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that was inducted
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Racing At 5 am Courtesy of Nippon TV News 24 Japan, Tokyo, Japan. While the pool swimmers will compete in the Olympic finals in the mid-morning hours during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games so the American television audience will watch the Olympic swim finals live in prime time, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finalists will
Swim Across America – Catalina Island Circumnavigation Success Courtesy of Megan Melgaard, Catalina Island, Pacific Ocean. Six Swim Across America relay team members successfully completed a circumnavigation of Catalina Island this morning, raising over US$60,000 for cancer research and cutting-edge clinical trials. The funds will go towards a Young Investigator Grant through Swim Across America
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