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Courtesy of Kathrin Lammers, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Over 40 countries are represented in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, but only one of the inductees is from Saudi Arabia. Without a doubt, Alawi Mohammed Makki Al-Ibrahim is one of the most remarkable and prolific open water swimmers in history and the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Visionaries continue to move things in the State of Oregon in the American Northwest. Portland Bridges Swim founder and director Marisa Frieder described the efforts of the 80 solo and relay swimmers who participated in the Portland Bridge Swim held on July 11th where the 10.7-mile (17.2 km) event
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “If I reflect upon a marathon swim many years after, I often remember most vividly the ‘bad’ things like how cold the water is, the pain of a jellyfish sting, or the depth of fatigue that I faced,” recalls Steven Munatones. “Decades after those swims, those memories are more
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Courtesy of Kristina Evelyn, Barbados Open Water Festival. After hours of heavy rainfall, the flooded roads around Barbados led to the stopping of public transport. But with the 5th Barbados Open Water Festival scheduled to start, a number of visiting swimmers decided to walk to the Carlisle Bay. Swimmers from 12 countries competed in the
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Courtesy of Rondi Davies, David Barra, Alex Arévalo, and Laura Picardo of New York Open Water. Following in the wake of race directors Drury Gallagher and Tom Hetzel and Morty Berger, the circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island is in able, experienced and detailed-oriented hands of veterans Rondi Davies, David Barra, Alex Arévalo and Laura Picardo
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 FINA Masters World Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary with its open water swimming events held in Balatonfüred between August 10th-12th. 55 years and older will compete in the open water on August 10th while age 40-54 will compete on August 11th, and the 25-39 year
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Local. Check. Bilingual. Check. Lifeguard. Check. Coach. Check. Volunteer. Check. Committee member. Check. Amateur participant. Check. Professional participant. Check. Jérémie Bonneau has checked off all the boxes when he applied for the position of the Directeur Général of the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, the most prestigious, historic, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara is now in Chile, planning to fly to Easter Island on November 18th. Most of his support crew for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island will arrive on the 21st. Easter Island lies 3,512 km (2,182 miles) away from the nearest continental point
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Arafat Gatabazi Walks And Swims To Realize His Dream Courtesy of Beautiful News, Robben Island, South Africa. “I went from fleeing my country to being free in the water,” said Congolese swimmer Arafat Gatabazi who received the 2016 Open Water Swimmer of the Year from the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association. Gatabazi walked over 3,400
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