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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Florida. Christopher Guesdon of Australia was selected as the third recipient of the Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chairperson Ned Denison wrote, “Chris will be presented with the honor and award at the International Marathon Swimming Hall […]
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Zorro Keeps The Dream Afloat Courtesy of Marianne Wieland de Alvarez, Honu Para Swim Team, Vancouver, Canada. Marianne Wieland de Alvarez, the coach and manager of the Honu Para Swim Team talks of Pedro Rangel Haro of Mexico. “Pedro is an impressive and courageous Para swimmer with an amazing history of achievements. In 2018, he
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Sfax, Tunisia. Before Nejib Belhedi set off on a 76 hour 30 minute 120 km Sfax to Djerba Marathon Swim in his native Tunisia this year, he created a branded series of solo swims called World Iron Swim by pulling boats with children, camels and people of increasingly greater weights between 2015
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Lynton Mortensen of Brisbane, Queensland became the first Australian to complete the Oceans Seven with his 14 hour 14 minute crossing of the Cook Strait today. The 54-year-old, nicknamed the Sea Bull, was the 12th person in history to swim across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar (Spain
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Olympic Club. Not only did Margarita ‘Tita’ Llorens Begur win the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for her valiant 37-hour attempt to swim 90 km between Ibiza and Javea in Islas Baleares, Spain. The 49-year-old president and inspiration of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association trained with a 42 km
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Courtesy of Laura Aguon, Science, off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Dr. Angel Yanagihara has been studying jellyfish for over two decades. A recent article in Science describes her professional situation, “Among the world’s public health problems, jellyfish stings may seem trivial.” But not to Dr. Yanagihara, ocean swimmers or anyone who has been stung
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Announcement courtesy of Ned Denison, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Pat Gallant-Charette was completely caught off-guard at the Open Water Summit in San Francisco, California. Listening to a myriad speeches from ice swimmers and marathon swimmers, from Olympian Aaron Peirsol to Ice Sevens Jaimie Monahan at The Olympic Club, Ned Denison,
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Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The overall winner of the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series title was Dutch Olympic and world champion Ferry Weertman. Despite wrapping up his long season with a 7th-place finish in the10 km race held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates this last Friday, Ferry had enough to best
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Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 4th FINA World Series Title Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The hard work keeps paying off for Ana Marcela Cunha who won her seventh FINA series title on Friday. The two-time Olympian and recently inducted International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer won the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon
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