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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sun Sentinel reported in 1981 that Stella Taylor, an American Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame from Florida, swam 24 miles across Loch Ness in Scotland in 18 hours 58 minutes in 48°F (8.8°C) water. In an NBC News telecast on September 2nd 1981, […]
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Courtesy of Anna Marshall and Jason Papps, Lake Taupo Marathon Swim, North Island, New Zealand. Michelle Macy created the Still Water 8*, a group of 8 marathon swims in lakes for seriously-minded swimmers who are focused on lake marathon swims. Successful completion of these 8 marathon swims has never been recorded by a single individual.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the speed that Jordan Wilimovsky showed in the 1500m race at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, he is looking good for a podium position in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. His strategy – both tactics in a race and long-term
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We had great conditions on the water today with light winds out of the south, but there was boat traffic that created some chop in the Upper Bay,” recalled race director Rondi Davies about the 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York. “But all of the swimmers
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On September 12th 2008, Colleen Blair departed Northern Ireland and made a successful crossing of the North Channel arriving in Scotland 15 hours and 23 minutes later. Her escort pilot Brian Meharg recalls the effort. “This was a pioneering crossing as she left from County Antrim which is another
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Courtesy of Ben Stubenberg, Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim, Turks & Caicos, Carribbean Sea. The 7th annual Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim was held on July 2nd under perfect conditions for its three beautiful open water swim races in Turks & Caicos. The turquoise water over the 2.4-mile, 1-mile, and 1/2-mile courses saw Mario diFilipo
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Swimming In Stages Down The Hudson River Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race director Rondi Davies summed up Stage 6 at the longest swimming race in the world, the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, “We had a fantastic day when everyone finished. Capri Djatiasmoro fought hard to
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Courtesy of Brian Suddeth, an open water butterflyer. John Batchelder is a 35-year-old American open water swimmer and mathematician from Littleton, Colorado. Recently, he swam butterfly for 32 miles of the 36.5-mile END WET course in North Dakota before he was involuntarily pulled out because of darkness. Batchelder is a member of Colorado Masters Swimming.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Ledecky nearly set another world record in the 800m freestyle in 8:10.32, nearly 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field, at the at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Several open water swimmers finished in the top 8. Stephanie Peacock finished third in 8:24.71; Lindsay Vrooman finished
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