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Lowest Swim In History Completed Across The Dead Sea Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel. There are certain open water swims in history that will always stand out for their timing, uniqueness, and diplomacy, operations, and boldness. Solo swims like Lynne Cox‘s swim across th Bering Strait in 1987 or the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you do not have the money now, do not worry. It only takes US$100 to make reservations for the 2017 Swim Cruise through the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Ivan Vranjes, Mateo Juric, and Lexie Kelly announced a 9-day, 8-night Swim Cruise that starts in Split, takes swimmers around
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. EcoPeace Middle East (formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East) is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists. Its primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect a shared environmental heritage. Today, EcoPeace Middle East is enjoying an unprecedented expansion of global awareness
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Courtesy of 35-year-old John Fox, Lake Lanier, Georgia. The sun was setting below the horizon and the waters were beginning to calm from the weekend vessel traffic. Having just crossed under Brown’s Bridge on Lake Sidney Lanier, I pulled myself up onto the shore on September 25th after swimming from southwest to northeast. I just
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Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim in the Straits of Mackinac between two Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Changes abound for the 2017 Mighty Mac Swim, a charity swim that gave US$20,000 first prize awards in its 2016 edition to both Chris Thompson and Amanda Stevens [see results below]. Pre-qualification and registration
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Courtesy of Ben Hooper, Swim The Big Blue, Atlantic Ocean. Ben Hooper‘s transatlantic swim has started. His program between western Africa in Senegal and the eastern coast of Brazil can be followed here at Swim The Big Blue. Day One ended with a 9-mile swim completed over 6 hours 42 minutes. Copyright © 2016 by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are only seven swimmers from Egypt who have been inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. But only one is a woman. Shadia Rhageb [standing in the last row, second from right in Canada in 1973] was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sabrina Wiedmer is versatile, living a global aquatic life. In 2013, the 27-year-old Swiss started off her open water swimming career with a 16 km Cork to Cobh Swim in Ireland that took her 3 hours 10 minutes. She still holds the record for the fastest time on this
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Victoria Mori won her first race of the 2016-2017 International Winter Swimming Association season. She won the Czech Cup Blansko in 5°C water with more than 200 winter swimmers. “It was my first competition of winter swimming this year. It was a good way to start the winter season.
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