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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Occasionally, the difference between winning an Olympic gold medal or a world championship in a 10 km marathon swim is so slight, the difference can come down to tenths of a second. There are so many things to consider and decisions to make. In 2012, Hungary’s Eva Risztov beat […]
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Courtesy of Merle Liivand, Swimera, Estonia. Many open water swimmers have to balance their work, family and training in a carefully maintained schedule that would exhaust most people. Bridgette Hobart Janeczko and Antonio Argüelles are examples of two hard-working marathon swimmers who can navigate a fine balance between all of their corporate responsibilities and marathon
Do You Know Enough To Go? from Bruckner Chase about his 9-mile channel swim from Aunu’u Island to Pago Pago, the main island of Amerika Samoa on Vimeo.
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Courtesy of Phil White, Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival offshore the Mighty Memphremagog, Vermont. Phil White, visionary behind the 2nd annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, described the winter swimming meet in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, “Swimmers came from all over the United States and Canada. They brought their bathing suits, their funny hats, their exuberance, and their
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Courtesy of Mark Burgess, SwimTrek. SwimTrek has attracted numerous Americans to its European swim holidays. Now the reverse is happening. SwimTrek is coming to the United States with its first week-long swim adventure along the Salt River in the western American state of Arizona. Mark Burgess explains, “SwimTrek has launched its first all American adventure
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Maria Sharapova, the world’s highest-paid female athlete and 5-time tennis Grand Slam champion, failed a drug test at the Australian Open for taking meldonium. While we have not heard of swimmers taking meldonium for health reasons or competitive advantages, we wonder if any open water swimmers do specifically take
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many mainstream reporters write about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where subject experts claim that “99% of athletes will be ill” as a result of the poor water conditions in Copacabana Beach during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. These reporters and commentators predict all kinds of problems with the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, Polish explorers Dawid Andres and Hubert Kisiński finished cycling the length of the Amazon River on specially designed bikes that enabled them to pedal both onshore and on special pontoons. Their 6,992 km (4,345-mile) journey took them 180 days to complete. The duo traveled an average of
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Support Salvatore Cimmino here for his swim from Cuba to Florida.
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