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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, World Iron Swim Series, Tunisia. I drew in history my blue destiny in seas My name still forever unforgettable All the seagulls of ports remembers me My rope of Iron Swimmer will not be thrown My rope will still forever an oath of generations Era of reverse roles ! And what […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brad Lundblad knows a good thing when he sees it. So when the 48-year-old lifelong swimmer learned about the S.C.A.R. Challenge in his adopted home state of Arizona, he started training. Despite being afflicted by Lyme disease, he completed all 4 legs of the 2014 and 2015 S.C.A.R. Challenges.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Since Lynne Cox in her bell-ringing article recently posted in the New York Times [see here] has called for the IOC and FINA to change the venue of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the following questions immediately come to mind: Q1. Since the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Why swimmers begin their solo journeys across vast open bodies of water is always interesting to learn. How swimmers find their way from the comfort of their homes to crawling up the shore after an exhausting channel crossing is never a linear experience. Natalie Radtke is a pool swimmer
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Image courtesy of Chris Lundie of Take It Live Productions. Photo courtesy of Mike Pickles of Pickles Power Sports Images in The Five, Hong Kong. In competitive open water swims, there is usually a good amount of physicality. Bumping, impeding and elbowing are commonplace, especially at the starts and around the turn buoys. But sometimes,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe open water swimmers in the ocean or on lake, struggling against Mother Nature as they strive to reach their potential, one word comes immediately to mind: grit. Tough and tenacious. Committed and courageous. Open water swimmers are the epitome of grit. Professor Angela Duckworth is a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. No wonder Benoît Lecomte is swimming from Tokyo to San Francisco. He is swimming straight in a transoceanic stage swim. Or as straight as someone can swim in the Pacific Ocean according to cartographer Andy Woodruff who created maps that highlight beaches around the world that face a specific
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Bill Welzien Accomplishes #73 Around Key West Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Theodore Yach completing his Century Swim (100th crossing) across Robben Island earlier this year, and Kathie Hewko closing in on her own Century Swim across the Golden Gate Bridge, the global open water swimming community will gradually see more Century Swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA’s Technical Open Water Swimming Committee approved several changes at its last meeting: * The FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships will have three different age groups: 14-15 years, 16-17 years, and 18-19 years * the 14-15 year age group will compete in a 5 km race *
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is no better representation of the global nature of open water swimming than the composition of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee. There is a representative from Asia: Hong Kong (Ronnie Wong) There are representatives from South America: Ecuador (Jorge Delgado), Argentina (Fernando Terrilli), and Brazil (Christiane
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