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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Several well-known American Olympic champions (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky) appear in a Colle+McVoy commercial for USA Swimming. The voiceover is that of another 3-time Olympic gold medalist, Rowdy Gaines. Quite accurately, the Ad of the Week as selected by AdWeek, ends in a simply […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the Stage 4, Cheryl Reinke set a new course record in 4 seconds with a 4 hour 10 minute victory. Reinke [shown above] extended her overall lead to 23 minutes over Paige Christie with an impressive record-setting 15.2-mile swim between the Newburgh Beacon Bridge and the Bear Mountain
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Lecomte is interviewed by Aaron McHugh on the Work Life Play Podcast about his transoceanic solo swim from Tokyo to San Francisco, starting in June. Listen here. Follow Lecomte at @TheLongestSwim or at www.thelongestswim.com and on Facebook. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Ben Lecomte is busy preparing to swim across the Pacific Ocean, Ben Hooper is preparing for his own solo swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Transoceanic solo swims are tough mentally and physically, but the logistics and operational budget are overwhelming. Both Ben’s have spent years planning and raising
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Steven Munatones writes about his recovery and cardiac rehab after his heart attack in 2016
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Kane Radford was able to successfully appeal and get overturned the initial decision of Swimming New Zealand to keep him from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, his teammate Charlotte Webby was not. Radford made a convincing case of international competitiveness, but Webby has many fewer international
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Public pressure and a convincing case of competitiveness empowered Kane Radford to successfully appeal and overturn the initial decision of Swimming New Zealand to keep him from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. As a result, Swimming New Zealand nominated Radford to the New Zealand Olympic Committee and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unlike Stage 2 when most of the swimmers failed to finish due to turbulence due to winds and a strong flood current, all 17 swimmers completed the Stage 3 in The Hudson Valley from the Mid-Hudson Bridge to the Newburgh Beacon Bridge. Rondi Davies reported, “It was another windy
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