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Courtesy of U.S. Masters Swimming, Sarasota, Florida. The 2019 United States Masters Swimming open water swimming championship series begins on the east coast in Virginia and ends on the West Coast in Oregon: U.S. Masters Swimming Middle-Distance Open Water National Championship 2 miles on June 1st in Lake Berryessa, California at the Lake Berryessa Open […]
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Courtesy of U.S. Masters Swimming, Sarasota, Florida. The 2018 United States Masters Swimming open water swimming championship series begins on the east coast in Virginia and ends on the West Coast in Oregon: U.S. Masters Swimming Middle-Distance Open Water National Championship 2 miles on May 27th organized by the Reston Masters Swim Team in Lake
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Matt Williams On Swimming And Summiting Courtesy of WOWSA, Mount Everest Matthew Williams is a British mountaineer, triathlete and English Channel swimmer who lives in Manchester, England. Born and grew up in Namibia, he is an investor in renewable energy projects, serving as the Chief Financial Officer of a British renewables investment firm called Blue Energy. He has climbed
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Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Río de la Plata, Argentina. After Damián Blaum successfully crossed the Río de La Plata, 42.2 km from Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay to Punta Lara in Argentina in 9 hours 6 minutes in February, there will be two more attempts by other swimmers this March organized by the Asociación Cruce
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The History Of The Bangla Channel Courtesy of Shwaroz Adventure, Bangla Channel, Bangladesh. The 16.1 km course across the Bangla Channel, known as the International Bangla Channel Marathon Swim, was created in 2006 by Hamidul Haque [shown above]. A trio of swimmers pioneered the inaugural crossing on January 14th 2006 the channel including Lipton Sarker,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fazlul Kabir of Extreme Bangla and Shwaroz Adventure co-organize the 2018 International Bangla Channel Marathon Swim, a 16.1 km race across the Bangla Channel in the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. The race is held on March 19th and stretches from Teknaf on the Bangladesh mainland to St. Martin’s
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Courtesy of Henley & Partners. 73-year-old Japanese swimmer Toshio Tominaga completed a 9 hour 58 minute crossing of the Tsugaru Channel on his first attempt in 2016. This channel crossing was a life-long dream of his, but if he wanted to travel the world, he certainly has the right passport to do so nearly hassle-free.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Six years ago today, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Stephen Redmond completed a 22 hour 29 minute swim across the Moloka’i Channel. After leaving Papohako Beach on Molokai Island at 6:00 pm and swimming through the night, he finished at China Walls at 5:59 pm the
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