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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samir Barel of Brazil completed the final leg of his Tríplice Coroa (Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming) this morning with a Catalina Channel crossing in 8 hours 45 minutes. Among his support team are two FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champions, a husband-and-wife team of Damián Blaum […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1980, Steve Wozniak developed chest pains while training for his second attempt of the English Channel at the age of 64. He went for a medical check-up. As a result, the former truck driver had heart surgery that required five artery bypasses and an implant of an artificial
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michele Daschbach Fast was an American swimmer who grew up in Atherton, California and was the youngest of six children. The University of California Santa Barbara graduate met her husband Patrick in college and raised their 3 children in Seal Beach. She swam every morning in Seal Beach, touching
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Courtesy of Aquatic Capital of America, Long Beach, California. Klaus Barth is among the 15 aquatic luminaries to be honored by the Aquatic Capital of America in Long Beach, California on October 6th. Barth was renowned locally before his untimely death due to brain cancer. The personable German was an Olympic swimmer, coach of high
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samir Barel of Brazil is preparing for his 33.7 km Catalina Channel crossing tonight, the last stage of his Tríplice Coroa (Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming). Among his support team are two FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champions, a husband-and-wife team of Damián Blaum and Esther Nuñez,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Molnar [shown on right in both photos above] was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 1998. He is a Hungarian open water swimmer and coach of the Hungarian open water swimming team. During his career, he was crowned the International
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Interview with Adriano Passini, Brazilian aviation engineer and English Channel swimmer. Adriano Passini is a 36-year-old Ironman triathlete, marathon runner, channel swimmer, and aviation engineer from Sao Paulo, Brazil who has been a vegetarian since 2005. Inspired by Sri Chinmoy, he has accomplished a number of marathon swims including his English Channel crossing in 2013
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The Legacy Of 43 Is Being Chased Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chloë McCardel recently completed her 17th English Channel crossing. At the young age of 31 years old, she will soon surpass Canada’s Cindy Nicholas who retired with 19 English Channel crossings. “Go back 5 years and I suspect that NOBODY would have
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Courtesy of Clara Rabat, MARNATON eDreams, Barcelona, Spain. The tramontane wind brings swimmers closer to Cadaqués in the MARNATON eDreams series. Due to the strength and direction of the tramontane, Plan B was activated and the swim course was changed to ensure the safety of the swimmers. “Thanks to the new routes, swimmers were able
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Courtesy of Benguela Cove Lagoon Swim in the stunning Bot River lagoon. The 800m, 1600m or 4800m races are another swim in a series that includes the 5 km Atlantic Dash from Clifton 4th Beach to 3 Anchor Bay in Cape Town, Shipwrecked Seli 1 to Big Bay Swim from a beach in Bloubergstrand, around
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