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Courtesy of Dmitry Blokhin, Deputy Chairperson of Murmansk City Sports Committee, International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship. An intriguing race is anticipated at the International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship and 1st Ice Swimming Arctic Cup in Murmansk, Russia: the 100m breaststroke. Not only will sisters Elina Mäkinen and Lotta Mäkinen (23) battle […]
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Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Inaugural Class Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. The Ice Swimming Hall of Fame is an organization founded in 2018 by various representatives of the sport of ice swimming, led by Ned Denison. He explains, “The objective of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame is to recognize
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Courtesy of International Ocean Film Festival. When open water swimmers think of or talk about Jaws, they almost inevitably refer to the 1975 American movie by Steven Spielberg about a giant Great White Shark on Amity Island. When surfers think of or talk about Jaws, they almost inevitably refer to Peʻahi on the north shore
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famers Yuko Matsuzaki (Japan), Melissa Cunningham (Australia), Jaimie Monahan (USA) and Tamara Bruce (Australia) are shown above at yesterday’s Mentone 10 km where they supported fellow inductees Ned Denison, Sally Minty-Gravett MBE, Forrest Nelson, Trent Grimsey, Jaimie Monahan, and Chloë McCardel. Photos of Ida Elionsky and Henry Elionsky courtesy of
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Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Djerba Island, Tunisia. Before he started another chapter in his long career of swimming across seas, oceans, and lakes, Nejib Belhedi accomplished a number of unprecedented Iron Swims, his unique form of boat pulling. Various boat pulls over the 20th and 21st centuries are posted here including numerous solo pulls by
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Courtesy of Ryan Rossing, Minocqua Lake, Wisconsin. Minocqua Island Swim Challenge is a 400m and 1-mile lake swim held in Minocqua Lake in northern Oneida County, Wisconsin on June 29th. Race director Laura Fuhrman says, “The Oneida County Public Safety Dive Team has 10 divers who respond to emergencies across more than a thousand lakes
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