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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Yakutsk, Russia. In preparation for his 52m Under Ice Swimming challenge in Yakutsk, Russia, Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy had to stress his body and mind in ways in which he had never experienced before. Despite having completed an ice mile, ice kilometer, and other winter swimming endeavors on the surface […]
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Yakutsk, Russia. Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 km south of the Arctic Circle, was the site of Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy‘s lastest open water adventure. After his ice mile and other ice swimming endeavors performed on the surface of the water, Kennedy was looking for something
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We could not imagine that two differing organizations like the United States Lifesaving Association and USA Triathlon would team up in a visionary partnership. The United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) is America’s non-profit, professional association of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers and lifesaving professionals. Its members works to
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Courtesy of Winter Swimming World Championship 2016, Tyumen, Siberia, Russia.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 25 athletes competed in the high-altitude (6225 feet or 1,897 meters) Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim in Lake Tahoe, California “It was a lot of fun this year. We managed to get the race in just before the snow and rain made its way across the lake,” explains Kimberly
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 32-year-old Adam Torrens will attempt to complete the Peak and Pond Challenge (Mount Everest + English Channel) within one year. “It’s a pretty massive challenge,” sums up Nick Adams of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation. Torrens is a government bus driver in Sydney, Australia where he can be
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Abhejali Bernadova became the first Czech citizen to complete a swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. The slender 39-year-old from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in Zlin, Czech Republic battled 9-11°C water to add another crossing to her growing number of open water swims with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Endless Pool exhibited its product on the West Coast of America with elite swimmers Megan Rankin and Lexie Kelly, curious conference attendees looked upon the young women swim effortlessly against the oncoming jet stream. Attendees would touch the warm water, and ask how they could use the product
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Petar Stoychev has been doing flip turns in a pool all his life. The 5-time Olympic swimmer and 11-time professional marathon swimming champion has done tens of thousands of kilometers swimming back an forth in a pool, always doing flip turns at the end of the pool. But now
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The elite competitors of South America competed in the 10 km race at the IX Campeonato Sudamericano (2016 South American Championships) held in the Paraguay River in Lambaré, Paraguay. Men’s 10 km Results: 1 Martín Miguel Carrizo Yunges (ARG) 2:00:28.89 2 Guillermo Vittorio Bértola (ARG) 2:00:32.26 3 Iván Alejandro
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