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Jon McArdell Crosses Catalina Courtesy of Jon McArdell, Catalina Channel, California. Jon McArdell recalls his 10 hour 16 minute crossing of the 32.8 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland yesterday. “It’s taken me a while to reflect on yesterday’s swim partly because I have only begun to feel human. […]
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High Altitude And Ice Swimming Are Not Big Mates Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association, Afriski, Lesotho, Africa. Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, hosted another Africa Lesotho Ice Swimming Ice Kilometer event between July 28th and August 1st in Afriski, Lesotho in the southern part of Africa. Barkai explained
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez sets a World Record for a 100 km open water swim
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The Forever Swim By Antonio Argüelles The Forever Swim By Antonio Argüelles Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Forever Swim delves into the inner thoughts, vision, loves, worries, and challenges of Antonio Argüelles. Steven Munatones summed up about the newest book by and about the first Mexican swimmer who achieved the Oceans Seven. “He describes his colorful,
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Twice Is Nice, Thrice Is Rolling The Dice Courtesy of Lionheart, Isle of Jersey. Andy Truscott has achieved several unprecedented marathon swims over his career. But tomorrow morning, he will begin his longest, toughest and most navigationally challenging swim to date: a Round Jersey Triple, or three non-stop consecutive circumnavigations around the Isle of Jersey
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Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira gets bit by a cookiecutter shark In the Molokai Channel
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WOWSA Launches Free Global Calendar In WOWSA’s annual survey on how to best serve the open water community, 78% of the 2,140 respondents said they wanted more news and information
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Pablo Fernández Álvarez Sets 100 km Open Water Record Courtesy of WOWSA, Gulf Stream, Atlantic Ocean. In the 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York, the swimmers fly down the Hudson River often swimming faster than walkers, joggers, runners and even cyclists. The swimmers are aided by the fast-moving Hudson River during the
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Body, Mind And Soul Heroes In The Open Water Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Catalina Channel, California. Argentine waterman and aquapreneur Lucas Rivet of Asociación Argentina Gestión y Desarrollo del Deporte, is documenting the Oceans Seven journey of Argentine swimmer Matías Ola and his support team. Ola’s August 2018 crossing of the 32.3 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina
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Courtesy of FINA, Gwangju, South Korea. Florian Wellbrock has set himself up very well for a potential Mellouli Double at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Named after Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli for his dual gold medal performance in the 1500m freestyle and the 10 km marathon swim at the 2012 London Olympics, the Mellouli Double is
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