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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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Courtesy of Colin Hill of Chillswim in Tyumen, Russia at the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships
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Photo courtesy of Robbie & Robert Bailey of Bailey Photography. Information courtesy of Phil White, Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. 76-year-old Barnabus Zeng from Fresh Meadow, New York was awarded Ice Tongs for being the most mature member of the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society as the oldest swimmer at the 2016 Memphremagog Winter
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sherpas are highly regarded as elite mountaineers and local experts who serve as guides at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the Himalayas, especially expeditions to climb Mount Everest. Sherpas are renowned in the international climbing and mountaineering community for their hardiness, expertise, and experience at
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Courtesy of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. For more information from Molly Solomon about these whales, listen and read here. The Hawaiʻian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary was created by the United States Congress in 1992 to protect humpback whales and their habitat in Hawaiʻi. It is administered by the Department of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The average age of the first 10 female qualifiers for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is 25.9 years. Will American Haley Anderson turn silver to gold in 2016? Will Hungary Éva Risztov defend her gold? Will the Brazilian champions, Ana Marcela Cunha or
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Courtesy of Penny Dain, London Marathon Events. The sport of open water swimming is getting bigger and bigger and bigger all the time. There are more events, more participants, more sponsorship, more exposure, more equipment, more camps and clinics, more charities, more everything. There are longer events, colder events, tougher events. And the sport is
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Courtesy of Robbie Bailey of Bailey Photography at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival offshore the Mighty Memphremagog, Vermont. Marathon swimmer Kellie Joyce Latimer shifted gears from really long marathon swims to really cold winter swims this past weekend. The 30-year-old scientist from Norwood, Massachusetts staked her claim as one of the fastest winter swimmers in
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Upper photos courtesy of Robbie & Robert Bailey of Bailey Photography. Lower photos courtesy of Phil White at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival offshore the Mighty Memphremagog in Vermont . The sport of open water swimming is filled with incredible athletes accomplishing remarkable feats. From leukemia survivor Maarten van der Weijden and amputee Natalie du
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Courtesy of Kitayama River Rafting, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. If you could protect yourself against sharp rocks, swimming down the Kitayama River in Wakayama Prefecture would be a totally cool experience. The famous rafting tour south of Kyoto takes a little over an hour. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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