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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 12-year-old Jaden Kockott will participate in the 44th annual aQuellé Midmar Mile this weekend. So will 15-year-old Priyanka Govind. Both young swimmers are examples of schoolchildren who come from far and wide across South Africa to participate in the largest competitive open water swim event in the world. The […]
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, aQuellé Midmar Mile, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. While the men’s race will feature a four-way battle from start to finish between 2016 Olympic champion Ferry Weertman, South Africa’s 5 km world champion Chad Ho, 2005 world champion Chip Peterson and South African Olympian Matthew Meyer, the women’s race is most definitely
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, aQuellé Midmar Mile, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mike Arbuthnot is solid and reliable. Especially in the open water, especially in the Midmar Dam in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 86-year-old Arbuthnot will compete in his 44th aQuellé Midmar Mile – out of 44 editions. It is an unparalleled history of participation in
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, aQuellé Midmar Mile, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Arguably, the most competitive, most highly anticipated open water race of the year will occur this Sunday at the Midmar Dam in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 2016 Olympic champion Ferry Weertman from the Netherlands will face his long-time rival from South Africa Chad Ho
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Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Blue Journey Poland. Bruckner Chase is taking his Blue Journey from American Samoa and Australia to New Jersey and, most recently, Poland. While he has created programs for ocean swimming and ocean advocacy in the South Pacific, he is also bringing the concept of enabling disabled individuals to find their niche
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 21-year-old Nicolás Segurado qualified to compete in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda for the first time in his native Argentina. “I fulfilled my goal that I set and I was able to complete the course [in 9 hours 26 minutes in 11th place]. The
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Norway Ice Swimming Expedition Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Mikkelvik Brygge (70° 3′ 12.312” N 19° 1′ 55.2396” E ), Norway. Photo courtesy of Siobhan Russell. In addition to leading and organizing, Antarctica 2020, Ger Kennedy is leading and organizing an upcoming Ice Swimming Expedition in northern Norway in Mikkelvik Brygge in early March. “It is
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Éva Risztov Rising To The Occasion Courtesy of Gergely Csurka, FINA, California. Three-time Hungarian Olympian Éva Risztov has always made the right decisions for her at the right times. She initially succeeded at the international level in pool swimming, competed in water polo for her water polo-oriented country, and eventually won the gold medal in
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Courtesy of Madswimmer, South Africa. Madswimmer explained what they did in 2016, a year “full of exciting swims, mad challenges and some great opportunities for us all to assist the very worthy charities we have selected. As you may know, we ended last year with an amazing R1,500,000 raised for our charities – this year,
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Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Beagle Channel, Chile-Argentina. Santiago Gutiérrez completed a 1.7 km swim between Cabo Peñas (Chile) and Puerto Almanza (Argentina) across the Beagle Channel. No neoprene. No problem. After a car accident in 2012, the native from Córdoba, Argentina lost use of his legs. That signaled the beginning – or rather the continuation
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