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Omar El Galla Onwards Along The Red Sea Courtesy of WOWSA, Shalateen, Egypt. Omar El Galla does the extreme. The Egyptian cyclist, runner and open water swimmer is challenging himself to unprecedented distances in his native Egypt. He has already cycled 6,500 km around Egypt in 65 days. He recently completed a 1,500 km stage […]
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Kshitindra Chandra Baisya, Swimming All Day And All Night Courtesy of WOWSA, Kangsha River, Bangladesh. Kshitindra Chandra Baisya, named one of the 2019 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men, attempted and completed four non-stop swims of at least 24 hours in duration during his prolific career. Two of his 24-Hour Club marathon swims were
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Tampa Bay Frogman Swim: Sold Out In 20 Minutes Courtesy of WOWSA, Tampa Bay, Florida. Among the highest grossing charity swims in the world is the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Florida that annually exceeded over US$500,000 in donations* for the Navy SEAL Foundation. Race directors Rory O’Connor and Kurt Ott knows they will be
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When Nora Toledano Cadena Achieved The Oceans Seven Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Nora Toledano Cadena became the first Mexican woman and the 14th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven in March 2019. The Mexican International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer completed a tandem crossing with Elizabeth Fry of the Cook
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When Mariel Hawley Dávila Achieved The Oceans Seven Upper photos courtesy of @Vivi Guerrero, Cook Strait, North Island – South Island, New Zealand. Mariel Hawley Dávila became the third Mexican and the 15th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven in New Zealand in March 2019. Swimming on the same day as her close
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Pearls Of Wisdom From Julian Critchlow Courtesy of Julian Critchlow, English Channel. “Julian is genius. He breaks down the discipline of channel swimming in innumerable interesting ways. One of my all-time favorite commentators, observer of the obvious and non-obvious, pundit, deep-thinking analyst, and number cruncher in the open water swimming world – in fact, in
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Nathalie Pohl Survives, Swims And Smiles Across Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Masahide Sano of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Nathalie Pohl made it safely to the start of her Tsugaru Channel attempt this morning at 2:16 am. 10 hours 9 minutes 40 seconds later, she made it safely and successfully across the channel from the
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Italy Goes 1-2 In Lac Mégantic Courtesy of Aimee Berg, FINA, lac Mégantic, Canada. Arianna Bridi of Italy won the most recent FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series event at the Traversée internationale du lac Mégantic over Italian teammate Rachele Bruni and Anna Olasz of Hungary. Unlike all the other races on the World Series circuit,
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Esteban Enderica Salgado Wins Pan American Games Courtesy of WOWSA, Laguna Bujama, Lima, Peru. Esteban Enderica Salgado of Ecuador won a bronze medal at the XVII Pan American Games 10 km race in 2015, but he won the gold medal going away in 1:53:46.7. Guillermo Bértola of Argentina was 2nd in 1:54.00.0. Taylor Abbott of
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Ana Marcela Cunha Wins Pan American Games Courtesy of WOWSA, Laguna Bujama, Lima. In the XVIII Pan American Games 10 km race, 5-time world champion Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won the gold medal in 2:00:51.9 with Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina, the 2011 Games champion, second in 2:01:03.2 and Viviane Eichelberger of Brazil third in
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