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Courtesy of Heidi Wood, New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. The penultimate round of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series took place under sunny conditions at Main Beach, Mount Maunganui with over 1,050 athletes flocking to the Mount for the Sand to Surf event. Nathan Capp (27:56) won the 2.6 km ‘I’m Going Long’ swim. Phillip […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Russian swimmers are swimming very well in their homeland at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tyumen, Russia where 1,275 athletes from 42 nations are competing in near 0ºC water. Dominant in every age group and standing frequently on the age group awards podium, the Russian cold
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professional marathon swimmers Petar Stoychev and Victoria Mori participated in the 2016 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tyumen, Russia where 1,275 athletes from 42 nations are competing. Mori, who is more accustomed to swimming for hours on end in warm waters, did particularly well in the 200m freestyle
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Live cam of the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships is here where 1,275 athletes from 42 nations are competing. Men’s 200m Freestyle – Age Group Winners 20 – 29: оряинов Андрей (RUS) 2:14.63 30 – 39: Ковригин Алексей (RUS) 2:14.96 40 – 44: Bruno Nopponen (EST) 2:18.63 45 – 49: Christof Wandratsch (GER) 2:20.87 50
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is said that creativity requires a combination of mindfulness and daydreaming as well as seriousness and playfulness with a mix of solitude and collaboration thrown in. These conditions can be ideally created while swimming in the open water. There is not only a sense of mindfulness, but also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anne Curtis in 1944. Don Schollander in 1964. Debbie Meyer in 1968. John Kinsella in 1970. Mark Spitz in 1971. Tim Shaw in 1975. John Naber in 1977. Tracy Caulkins in 1978. Janet Evans in 1989. Michael Phelps in 2003. Jessica Long in 2006. Missy Franklin in 2012. Some
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Courtesy of Hopper McDonough, SwimVacation, British Virgin Islands. As we embark on our 20th trip to the British Virgin Islands, I’ve been thinking about this magical thing that happens on SwimVacation: we school. It happens spontaneously. A small group of 2 or 3 SwimVacationers swims upon another group. And another. Before you know it, we’re
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim Boucher of Guildford, Surrey, England is usually swimming across channels and is never swayed by cold water. He was among his most hardened colleagues in Tyumen, Russia at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships. On the first day, he placed 8th in the 25m breaststroke, 6th in the
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Courtesy of Jim Boucher in Tyumen, Russia at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships. All kinds of stories are emanating from Tyumen, Russia at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships. Young, old; newcomer, veteran; Russian, foreigner: all kind of swimmers from nearly every walk of life are taking part in the world championships. But few
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