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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jordan Wilimovsky of Malibu, California was the first swimmer to qualify for the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim [shown above]. But the second qualification race will be tough for various reasons: 15 remaining spots will be available for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim final in Copacabana Beach. The second […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The top qualifier for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim is Aurélie Muller of France. She has an English-language tattoo imprinted on her foot, “chase your dreams“. That she has been chasing her dream for three Olympic quadrennials. She initially qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic 10 km marathon swim,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Contemporary channel swimmers Becky Jackman, Kim Garbarino, Ricky Sweeney, Lochie Hinds, and Cindy Walsh will compete in the 2016 Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts. Peter McNally was the first swimmer to complete the original 10-mile (16.2 km) course in 1897 where according to the historians of the Boston Light
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Photo courtesy of Extreme North Dakota Racing, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Alison Kelly, race director of Extreme North Dakota Racing, is looking for volunteers to paddle the Red River of the North as company, safety, and support for marathon swimmers who are traveling from around the world for the longest competitive race in America. Each
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Do Leme ao Pontal (From Leme to Pontal) is a well-known Brazilian song by Tim Maia that inspired Olympian Luiz Lima to swim an unprecedented 35 km from Leme beach to Pontal, two famous points in Rio de Janeiro in 2008. His Lima’s first successful swim in 2008, there
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Join us on August 13th for the annual Rose Pitonof Swim, a tidal-assisted 17-mile (27.3 km) swim from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York,” invites race founder Deanne Draeger. “This annual event commemorates the historic swim of Rose Pitonof, a world champion swimmer of the early 1900’s
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2.2-mile Liberty To Freedom Swim from Statue of Liberty to the Freedom Tower in downtown Manhattan Island in New York will be held on September 3rd. “This swim is dedicated to celebrating the freedom of the American people, and to the memory of those that died and served
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Courtesy of Lianne Hogan, London Marathon Events. Swim Serpentine is a new 2-day open water swimming festival that will be held in Hyde Park’s Serpentine in London on September 24th-25th. This is just in time to swim with one of the pre-race Olympic 10K marathon swimming medalists Among the invited athletes will be 2016 British
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, GPS, gel packs, Flickr, blogs, YouTube, iPhones, jammers, and techsuits, there was Cindy Nicholas. She swam gracefully, efficiently and old-school, leaving a legion of fans around the world. Wayne Strach, “I followed Cindy’s story for decades. She was so inspirational for me in the
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Bruce Wigo announced the 2016 International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Among the Class of champions, coaches and administrators, the Class includes multiple 5 km and 10 km world champion and 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Larisa Ilchenko of Russia, multiple world champion and 7-time Olympic medalist Aaron Peirsol, marathon swimmers
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