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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In his younger days, Toshio Tominaga (富永俊夫 in Japanese) played water polo and swam in school. He was competitive, but then he began his professional career at a Japanese electronics corporation. As the intervening decades passed, Tominaga stayed in good shape, but he had to dramatically reduce the number […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympic 10 km marathon swimmer Yasunari Hirai won the 71st annual National Sports Festival (第71回国民体育大会・OWS競技初代チャンピオン) 5 km race in Iwate Prefecture as Japan continues gearing up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hirai was humbled by the fact that the National Sports Festival was held at the site of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The South Padre Island Open Water Festival is also proud to announce a partnership with the Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation. “Part of the Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation’s mission is to act as a central voice for safety in open water swimming. With water quality and temperature being such a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race directors of mass participation open water swims always have their hands full. They have to understand and be on top of all aspects of their events from the pre-race registration and volunteer organization to in-the-water safety and contingency protocols in cases of emergencies. Race directors usually get very
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A day after the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, some very good open water swimming news hit the Hawaiian Islands. Last year was only the second time in 35 years that the wintertime “Double Roughwater” race was not held. Jim Anderson, founder and race director of the 7 km Possibly Annual
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Kostich is holding steady in extending one of the most remarkable streaks in the open water swimming world: 24 consecutive years of Top 10 finishes* at the annual 2.4-mile (3.8 km) Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu. This year, despite the oncoming currents and tough conditions, the 46-year-old Californian
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Courtesy of Andrea Woodburn. Photos courtesy of Addy Chin-Ogilvie at the Pompano POWER Open Water Challenge, Florida. Over 300 ocean swimmers took the the warm South Florida waters in the 5th Annual Pompano POWER Open Water Challenge on September 3rd. “It was a perfect summer day for an open water race in South Florida with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the start of the 2016 Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli race in the Grotta Azzurra (Blue Cave), 25-year-old Olga Kozydub of Russia knew that she could wrap up her second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix title with a typically solid swim. Kozydub had dominated the season, winning both
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