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Courtesy of Christof Wandratsch, Vienna, Austria. Christof Wandratsch cracked the 12-minute mark in the 1000m ice kilometer, setting a new world record in 11:59.97. Swimming faster than a 1:08 pace per 100m at the International Ice Swimming Association race in Vienna, Austria where the water was 4.3°C. His next competition will be at the you […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberley Chambers returned to her roots in New Zealand and kicked off a fundraising effort with a speech in order to save a local swimming pool. “We hope to raise $100,000.” Seven Sharp, a top New Zealand current affairs program, broadcast her story. Her story started on a family
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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It is very easy to be uplifted and inspired by those in the open water swimming community,” says Steven Munatones. “There are simply so many heroes and heroines in the sport, all specializing in every kind of niche in the sport. Some are
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Courtesy of Jean Craven, Madswimmer, Planet Earth. Where was Madswimmer in 2016? Madswimmer was all over the globe: doing good, raising money, swimming far, adventuring courageously. “What an incredible year this has been for the Madswimmer team – completing a total of six big swims and raising over R2million (US$142,281) for local charities. This is
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Swimming prank [read here] courtesy of New York Post about Madswimmer heading home to South Africa.
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Story courtesy of David Rieder for Swimming World Magazine about the 2016 Rio Olympic Games 10 km marathon swim. Sid Cassidy, head referee at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, stated to Swimming World Magazine, “[Jack] Burnell earned a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During the summer of 1939, Karl-Heinz Rauert was waited and waited and waited for the right time to swim the Beltquerung. Finally his time came to cross the 25 km channel in the cool waters (16°C) of the Fehmarn Belt (Danish: Femern Bælt, German: Fehmarnbelt), a strait in the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, The Kings Swimmers’ Swim Camps, Menorca. Janet Myers arrived at The Kings Swimmers’ Swim Camps in Menorca as a novice swimmer wit the hopes of completing a 2-hour swim in order to gain entry into a charity English Channel relay in 2017. Her transformation was fast. “On the Saturday evening, she swam
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Big, smooth displacements of water in the ocean – the rhythmic movement of ocean swells – can be used to your advantage while swimming in the coastal open water locations. Railroading is when a swimmer uses the power of large wind-generated waves or ocean swells to push them forward
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González is one of the world’s most remarkable men, living a life of challenge and accomplishment both on dryland and in the open water, among athletes and businesspeople, across borders and across cultures. The 57-year-old from Mexico City has traveled the world in his quest to achieve
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