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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. María Digna Escurra de Ortellado is a two-time member of the 24-hour Club. Nicknamed Sirena del río Paraguay (Paraguay River Mermaid), she established a remarkable legacy in her native Paraguay. “I jumped into Concepción at 8:20 am on a Saturday and arrived in Itá Enramada 4 days later, after […]
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Courtesy of Universal Channel, Character Uncovered, South Africa. There is an undeniable, endless joy that emanates from deep within the soul of Roger Finch as he journeys on his globe-trotting mission of open water swimming, crewing and volunteering. Universal Channel captured his joy so well in this advertisements: * The Ocean Is Alive * Night
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Courtesy of Yasunari Hirai at the 2016 Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea), Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lexie Kelly of California and Guillermo Bertola of Argentina won the Beach Biathlon (1 km swim + 2.5 km beach sand run) for the third consecutive year at the 2016 Rie
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Courtesy of Brent Rutemiller of Swimming World Magazine and Craig Lord of SwimVortex. Brent Rutemiller of Swimming World Magazine and Craig Lord of SwimVortex have published a petition that addresses the Olympic swimming doping program. The Federation Internationale de Natation: An Open Letter Asking FINA To Recognize All Victims During The DDR Olympic Reign is
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly at the 2016 Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea), Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This week’s Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) race on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro kicked off with its traditional grid race. The grid race
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea), Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At this week’s Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) event on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Swim Channel Magazine’s Patrick Winkler announced that the upcoming Swim Channel issue
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Precocious. Fast. Fearless. Those are apropo adjectives to describe Tamara Bruce of Australia who retired prematurely at the age of 23. “I threw a tantrum at my dad because I wanted to swim the pre-FINA World Championships 25 km swim in the Swan River in Perth, but the only
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Richard Broer of the Netherlands was recently selected as an Honour Contributor (Administrator) in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2017. Broer joins a stellar group of swimmers, administrators, escort pilots and organisations that will be inducted and honored on April 22in Windsor, England
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 7th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships will attract hundreds of hardy hat-wearing swimmers who will dramatically brave icy waters in the UK’s most colourful outdoor swimming event at Tooting Bec Lido in London on January 28th 2017. Hosted by the South London Swimming Club, the 7th Championships welcomes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A vacuum was created in the open water swimming community when the long-running Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and NYC Swim events were not continued. Based on interest that came pouring in from coast to coast and from around the world, David Barra, Rondi Davies, and Alex Arévalo of New
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