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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kilometer after kilometer, day after day, year after year, Olympic 10K Marathon Swim bronze medalist Richard Weinberger has been training by himself. Alone and lonely, he has trudged innumerable solitary miles in pools and lakes in and around Vancouver, Canada. Weinberger has made a steady progress to the top […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Are the Olympics fair? Is swimming a clean sport? Apparently not according to numerous swimming coaches around the world who have been long and repeatedly calling for the IOC, FINA and WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) to clean up the sport. And at least one renowned athlete agrees with these
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jane Hardy is a brave and hardy women. She knows how to handle herself – and very importantly – others in the high seas as a Coastguard Rescue Officer at the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Her experiences and know-how have served her well in her profession and over
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ian Feldman and the volunteers of Canaqua Sports organize several open water swimming competitions in Canada including the Canadian Masters Open Water Swimming Championships and the Canaqua Sports Open Water Swim Series in Ontario and British Columbia. Canadian Masters Open Water Swimming Championships is a 2.5 km and 5
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Mina Rhoden Forging An Open Water Path Featuring Mina Rhoden by Al Jaurique on Vimeo. Mina Rhoden, an African American open water swimmer from Novato, California, completed her first marathon swim across Lake Tahoe in 10 hours 55 minutes this week. But she has done so much more. “Historically, African Americans are not known for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Steve Garagiola, a Detroit-based anchor, reported on Sean Ryan‘s upcoming participation in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach. Garagiola says that Rio de Janeiro’s extremely high levels of drug-resistant super bacteria in garbage and human waste are flowing untreated into Copacabana Beach. “The bacteria is linked to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympic fans from each country generally and overwhelmingly cheer for the athletes from their own country. Sean Ryan and Jordan Wilimovsky will both represent the U.S.A. in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and have a more-than-excellent shot at standing on the awards podium on Copacabana Beach on August 16th
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copacabana Beach is either a cesspool of dangerous, deadly bacteria or an iconic coastline that attracts visitors from around the world. Which is it? It depends if you are a reader of American media articles or Brazilian. Lynne Cox and the New York Times stated that the water in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sean Conway completed the World’s Longest Triathlon, the 4,100-mile, 85-day British Ultra Triathlon, a continuous stage triathlon. Conway started the final swim leg on Day 69 (June 8th) and completed the swim leg and ultra triathlon on Day 85 (June 24th). This was his story on the 17-day stage
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