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Cruising In The Cruce Golfo Dulce In Costa Rica Courtesy of Joe Bernini, Cruce Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. The 8th edition of the Cruce Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica will be held on August 3rd and 4th. The event includes 1.5 km, 5 km, 14 km and 21 km races amid all kinds of marine life. […]
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Swimmer Found Courtesy of CBS New York from the Hudson River and the The News & Observer in Durham, North Carolina. Services to honor and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Charles Michael van der Horst (January 4th 1952 – June 14th 2019) were held today in Durham, North Carolina. A casket with meaningful
Oceans Calling Shubham Vanmali Courtesy of WOWSA, Navi Mumbai, India. Oceans Calling is a book written by Dipika and Dhananjay Vanmali with English translation by Sushma Koppikar and Anuradha Shenoy about their son Shubham Vanmali‘s sea swimming adventures around the world. The book, written from his parents’ perspective, tells their journey about their child suffering from learning disability who wants to
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Charlie Lived Life To The Fullest Courtesy of Rondi Davies and David Barra, New York Open Water, Hudson River, New York. The family of Charles Van Der Horst of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is deeply saddened to confirm the loss of our beloved Charlie. He was participating in several stages of the 8 Bridges Hudson
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Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim With Alexander Brylin Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, La Pérouse Strait, Russia-to-Japan. Alexander Brylin, one of the world’s most famous ice swimmers and one of its most eloquent ambassadors, announced less than one month remains before the start of the 42.8 km international relay through the Laperuz Strait between Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido,
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Alex Meyer, Lexie Kelly Win Flowers Sea Swim Courtesy of Flowers Sea Swim, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Olympian and 25 km world champion Alex Meyer and Californian Lexie Kelly won the featured 1-mile race at the 2019 Flowers Sea Swim on Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Kelly
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Men’s Highlight Race Video From Balatonfüred Courtesy of Colin Hill, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Hungary’s Kristof Rasóvszky is always in the hunt for a podium position with five career podium finishes in the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series, but he especially wanted to win in his native Hungary. His dream turned to gold with a first-ever podium in
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Three Times Is A Charm For Ana Marcela Cunha Photo of Ana Marcela Cunha courtesy of Istvan Derencsenyi, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Ana Marcela Cunha won the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series event in Balatonfüred, Hungary in 2015 and 2018. Today, the top three swimmers finished within 1.8 seconds. Cunha out-touched Italy’s Arianna Bridi by 0.4 seconds
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Women’s Highlight Race Video From Balatonfüred Courtesy of Colin Hill, Balatonfüred, Hungary. Ana Marcela Cunha won the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series event in Balatonfüred, Hungary in 2015 and 2018 and again this weekend – each time as a result of an all-out sprint. Today, the top three swimmers finished within 1.8 seconds. Cunha out-touched
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Nicolas Knap Returns To Form In The Open Water Courtesy of Asociación Cruce a Nado del Estrecho de Gibraltar, and Ben Walsh, Spain – Morocco. After a 14-year absence from the swimming scene, Nicolas Knap has returned to the open water. The swimmer from Québec City was a member of the French national open water swimming
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