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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Crystal Lagoons. It almost seems inevitable now when an Olympic champion expands their aquatic reach to the open water. Johnny Weissmuller did it. Gertrude Ederle did it. Greta Andersen did it. John Kinsella did it. Shane Gould did it. Sandy Neilson-Bell did it. Gary Hall Jr. did it. Aaron Peirsol did it. Rebecca […]
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Courtesy of Salvatore Cimmino, Cañón del Sumidero, Chiapas, Mexico. And the beat goes on…positively and relentlessly. Salvatore Cimmino is nearing the end of his global swimming tour, the Swimming in the Seas of the Globe (A Nuoto nei Mari del Globo), a campaign to promote disability awareness. “In a few days, I will leave for
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Courtesy of Meidai Sports, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo. Yasunari Hirai who finished eighth in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics, improving from his 15th placing at the 2012 London Olympics, has high hopes for a medal in his hometown of Tokyo in August 2020. Like Xin Tong and Fang Yanqiao of
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Urban Runoff Blamed For Bad Water At Tokyo Olympic Site Courtesy of Reuters, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo. International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates visited Tokyo and discussed the water quality of Odaiba Marine Park where the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and the Olympic triathlon will be held at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. “It
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Courtesy of Silverline Productions, Moloka’i Channel, Hawaii. The Moloka’i Channel, also known by its original name in the Hawaiian language, the Ka’iwi Channel that means the Channel of Bones, is the 42 km deep-water (701 meters) channel between the islands of O’ahu and Moloka’i in the State of Hawaii. Toni Enderli, a South African entrepeneur
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Cesar Saade Jr. is a Brazilian open water swimmer who became the first swimmer from the state of Espírito Santo to complete the 36 km crossing of Leme to Pontal in 8 hours 53 minutes. His swim set the new record for a solo
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Julie Newton started off her swimming career in Southern California and continued it in Reno, Nevada. After she received her masters degree, she found herself working as an expatriate in Tokyo. Things were going well until she was transferred to Singapore. “I wasn’t ready for the move; things were
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Courtesy of World Anti-Doping Agency. David Meca was one of the best open water swimmers in history. Not only did Meca win FINA world championship races in 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2005 and 25 FINA World Cup races while being ranked #1 on the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003 FINA professional circuits during his lengthy
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Courtesy of Liberty Wave Open Water Swim, East Coast Park, Singapore. With political leaders including the Speaker of the Parliament and President of the Singapore National Olympic Council Tan Chuan-Jin, Singapore Swimming Association executives, national team coach Stephen Widmer looking on, Benedict Boon and Chantal Liew [shown on left] won the inaugural Liberty Wave Open
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