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Josef Köberl Sets World Record In Ice Courtesy of WOWSA, Vienna, Austria. 42-year-old ice swimmer Josef Köberl established the Guinness World Record for the “Longest Duration for Full Body Contact With Ice” on Saturday in Austria. Köberl sat for 2 hours 8 minutes 47 seconds in an ice bath where only his head was exposed […]
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Owase Open Water Swimming In Japan Courtesy of Yumi Kida, Mikisato Beach, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In the same region as Kyoto and Osaka in central Japan, Mie Prefecture has vast protected coastal areas of 1,000 kilometers of Pacific Ocean coastline. The 500m, 1 km, 3 km and 5 km OWS Mie Open Owase (尾鷲OWS) is
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Swim Across Catalina For Africa Courtesy of WOWSA, Catalina Channel, California. Mark Dahlin was a former competitive swimmer who picked up open water swimming a few years ago. His newly found passion is now geared towards raising money and building much-needed water wells in Africa. Dahlin and Cary Sheehan, Ryan Vinall, Barry Nugent, and Bill
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Team Denise Tackles Tsugaru Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Team Denise from Ireland completed a 19.5 km crossing from Honshu to Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan. The Irish team of Peter, Denise, Saskia, Sandra, James and Enda is one of the few non-Japanese relay teams to have made the
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Alex Kostich Swims Around The Rock Courtesy of Water World Swim, Alcatraz Island. Alex Kostich came very close to breaking the original 5.25 km Swim Around The Rock course record set by Oliver Kusch in 1:10:09 in 2011. While Kusch started and finished at Aquatic Park, today’s longer 6 km course started at Crissy Field,
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Kiko Cruises, Rodrigo Gralha Garcia Does Travessia do Leme ao Pontal Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 39-year-old Rodrigo Gralha Garcia, known as Kiko Gralha, completed the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal on the morning of August 9th 2019. Donned in neoprene, Kiko has completed
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The Swimmers From 1968 To The Present Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Swimmer is a title of several different swimming movies from 1968 to 2019. The Swimmer is a 1968 film directed by Frank Perry and starring Burt Lancaster with Janet Landgard and Janice Rule in featured roles. The surreal, allegorical tale is based
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A Perspective On Swimming By Bruce Williamson Courtesy of WOWSA, Ostia, Italy. Bruce Williamson, Leader of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation at the FINA World Swimming Championships, was asked, “Could swimming be the medium to unite the world?“ Williamson eloquently postulated the following, “Water activities, organized by FINA, bring the world together every two years where
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Bill Goll, An Early American Open Water Swimming Pioneer Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. William “Bill” Goll was an American pioneer in the early days of competitive open water swimming. The New Yorker was born about 1908. To make ends meet, he traveled as a high diver with a carnival during the Great Depression
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東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント In Tokyo Courtesy of Japan Swimming Federation, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Marathon Swimming Test Event (東京2020マラソンスイミング・テストイベント in Japanese) is a 5 km open water swimming competition held in Odaiba Marine Park (お台場海浜公園 in Japanese), a popular Tokyo tourist and entertainment location on Tokyo Bay, Japan. The event functions as
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