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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Great Moose Migration is a 17.7 km marathon swim from Arrow Rock Dam to Lucky Peak Dam in Idaho (Dam2Dam). The race, founded by Oscar ‘Moosie’ Williamson, is now in its fifth year. Anna Megale and Brigitta Gruenberg went 1-2 in the 11-mile swim with Tommy Schwartz finishing […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was only until recently that many (most?) American competitive swimming coaches believed that participating in open water swimming competitions would led to slower times in the pool for their athletes. But 2015 10 km world champion Jordan Wilimovsky and his coach Dave Kelsheimer are slowly influencing (changing?) this
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. American Bob Fernald culminated his three-year journey to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming this week. The 49-year-old from North Hampton, New Hampshire became the latest person to become a Triple Crowner with his crossing of the Catalina Channel. But his journey did not start on the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephanie Hopson triumphantly finished a 24 hour 31 minute English Channel crossing on August 14th-15th. But her swim had a prelude. There was a massive setback and scary fright on the first night of her first attempt. Stephanie Hopson explains on an interview at CNN’s London Studio Turner House.
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Courtesy of Kathy Batts and Ian Muir. One of the biggest hurdles faced by swimmers preparing for an English Channel swim is the six-hour qualifying swim – two hours is required for relay swimmers. The swimmer has to have trained to do it. There are no shortcuts to completely the qualifying swim: * The water
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Courtesy of Cara Giaimo. Learn more about the famed Pig Nose, a 650-pound sturgeon here.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deirdre Ward of the Serpentine Swimming Club finished a two-way English Channel crossing in 27 hours 52 minutes on August 23rd-24th. John Tierney explained the significance of Ward’s third and fourth career crossing of the Channel. “Deirdre’s swim is the 43rd two-way crossing of the English Channel in history.
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