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Courtesy of WOWSA, Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean is one of the most difficult, fastest and toughest professional marathon swims to win. The cross-lake swim of 32 km in Quebec, Canada is known for rough, cold water and much turbulence caused by winds over the previous 62 editions of the renowned […]
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Courtesy of Daily Mail. When an ocean swimmer encounters a jellyfish, the first thing they think of is a sting. The last thing they think of is a snack. That fact may change over time. Crisps or potato chips are some of the world’s most popular snack foods. Go into any supermarket or convenience store
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Courtesy of Strel Swimming Adventure Holidays, Šibenik Archipelago, Croatia. For more information, visit here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Margarita Tita Llorens Bagur serves as the president of the Menorca Channel Swimming Association and member of the 24-hour Club. Following in the wake of Kendall Mellor, a pioneer who first crossed the Canal de Menorca in 1968, Tita first made a 36.5 km crossing in 2012 between the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 75-year-old Ellen Shockro admits to swimming slower than in other years, but she is still doing so smoothly and happily. She will be one of the thousands of masters swimmers headed to Budapest, Hungary to participate in the FINA World Masters Championships that will include a 3 km open
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Madswimmer, KwaZulu Natal Coast, South Africa. The Great Shark Swim along the KwaZulu Natal Coast in South Africa is highly popular as it quickly filled its maximum number of swimmers. Nicolene Steynberg reported that every swimmers has been filled in an attempt to complete the fastest 100 km ocean swim within
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7 Océanos Of Jorge Crivilles Villanueva By José Luis Larrosa Courtesy of José Luis Larrosa, Revista Open Water. José Luis Larrosa wrote about the ongoing Oceans Seven journey by fellow Spaniard Jorge Crivilles Villanueva for Revista Open Water in Spanish here. Copyright © 2008 – 2017 by Tom Morgenstern of Revista Open Water
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Matija Rafaj Wins Inaugural Race In Brčko Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Sava River, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On July 15th, the Swimming Extreme Sports Club Atos Sava Brčko organized the first international 9 km swim of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Vučilovac village to city area of Brčko on the Sava River. Vojislav
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Jorge Crivilles Villanueva Triumphs In The Tsugaru Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jorge Crivilles Villanueva from Alicante, Spain is gradually knocking off all kinds of goals in the open water swimming world: Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, 24-hour Club, and is en route to the Oceans Seven with four crossings of the English
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Courtesy of Michael Twigg-Smith, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Sergio Salomone is a hardened 49-year-old open water swimmer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has swum all over the world in his 40’s. From ice swims in Murmansk, Russia where he competed in the International Ice Swimming Association (IISA) world championships to crossings of the Strait of Gibraltar
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