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Courtesy of Nino Fazio, Strait of Messina, Italy. 16-year-old Sarah Iannello from Milazzo (Messina) set a new female one-way record in the Strait of Messina. On July 20th escorted by pilot Giovanni Arena, Iannello swam from Capo Peloro in Sicily to Cannitello on the Italian mainland in 35 minutes 0 seconds that bested the previous […]
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Hardened In The Open Water: Observing Stage Swimmers Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ross Edgley is currently en route in The Great British Swim, an estimated 100-day assisted 3,218 km circumnavigation stage swim around Great Britain, while Ben Lecomte is doing The Swim, an estimated 6-9 month assisted 8,721 km transpacific stage swim from
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Courtesy of Seti Afoa, Samoa Events. Seti Afoa, one of the most forceful and impactful personalities in the global open water swimming community, is sincerely and deeply motivated about his passion for open water swimming – and he is more than happy to share it with others. He hosted the 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim
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Courtesy of Phil White, Kingdom Games and the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association. 133 swimmers will compete in the 10th Annual Kingdom Swim this weekend in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in Newport and Derby Bays. The events – from 1 mile to 25 km – will last all day between 5:30 am and 4:00 pm.
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Courtesy of Ron Collins, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Florida. There are all kinds of bucket swims from the Oceans Seven to the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming (English Channel + Catalina Channel + Manhattan Island Marathon Swim or 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim). In 2015, Ron Collins, the race director of the Tampa Bay Marathon
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Courtesy of USA Swimming, Irvine, California. As multiple world and Olympic champion Katie Ledecky started swimming at world record pace in today’s 800m freestyle at the 2018 USA Swimming Championships in Irvine, California and finished in 8:11.98 to win, open water swimmers were well-represented in the finals. Haley Anderson finished third in 8:24.13 with Erica
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Nostalgia In Naples Courtesy of Long Beach Lifeguard Association Museum, Long Beach, California. The Naples Island Swim & SUP event has been held continuously since the 1920’s. The 1947 Naples Island Swim winners included Dick Miller, Tom Lind, Gene Perle and Pat Keller. “Some grandparents and parents of swimmers in this year’s event participated in
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Courtesy of John Dillon, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. John Dillon reports on open water swimming on and across Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. His report [here] focused on the recent 40.2 km In Search of Memphre that stretches from Newport in the American state of Vermont to Magog in the Canadian province of Quebec where 37-year-old Sharessa Gutierrez
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 52-year-old Simon Olliver became the first New Zealand man to complete a successful crossing of the North Channel. The Christchurch swimmer enjoyed an hour-long encounter with a minke whale en route from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Olliver talked about his 11 hour 56 minute crossing and his many other
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