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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Legendary Filipino triathlete Frank Lacson and Ingemar Patiño Macarine, nicknamed the Pinoy Aquaman, will swim 10 km from Grande Island, Bataan in Subic Bay to Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City. The charity swim by the 52-year-old triathlete and the 38-year-old English Channel aspirant will benefit Bicycle Friendly Philippines and […]
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Courtesy of the 2016 Pirita Open International Winter Swimming World Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. The Pirita Open is a winter swimming festival held in the Pirita river in Tallinn, Estonia. Part of the International Winter Swimming World Cup circuit, the Pirita Open is splendid with its pool decks are covered in white, snow-white. The 2016
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Courtesy of Vivienne Rickman-Poole, Snowdonia, Wales. Although winter swimmers and ice swimmers do not dive in to start their competitions in sub-5ºC water, the aggressiveness and energy at their starts are just as evident and impressive as pool swimmers competing in chlorinated 26ºC traditional warm-water pools. Vivienne Rickman-Poole captured this intensity at Kisakallion Urheiluopisto in
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Courtesy of Tatiana Khrylova of Well Over Fifty Festival and Age of Happiness Project. Dr. Roger Allsopp will speak at the Well Over Fifty Festival that will take place in Budva, Montenegro between September 30th and October 8th. Tatiana Khrylova of the Age of Happiness project explains, “The Festival is dedicated to a healthy and
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Courtesy of Clara Rabat, V Cup MARNATON eDreams, Spain. The fourth edition of the Spanish MARNATON series attracted nearly 4,000 open water swimmers in the four-event series. The V eDreams MARNATON Cup is expected to be even more popular. Its kick-off in Barcelona, Spain and three additional events in Begur, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and
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Courtesy of Clara Rabat, V Cup MARNATON eDreams, Spain. The fourth edition of the Spanish MARNATON series attracted nearly 4,000 open water swimmers in the four-event series. The V eDreams MARNATON Cup is expected to be even more popular. Its kick-off in Barcelona, Spain and three additional events in Begur, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and
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Courtesy of Clara Rabat, V Cup MARNATON eDreams, Spain. The fourth edition of the Spanish MARNATON series attracted nearly 4,000 open water swimmers in the four-event series. The V eDreams MARNATON Cup is expected to be even more popular. Its kick-off in Barcelona, Spain and three additional events in Begur, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and
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Courtesy of FINA, Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA approved the following swimwear, goggles and swim caps for 2016. The official list is posted here. The swimwear list from 86 manufacturers includes 1,943 suits. In a sign of growth of the sport of swimming, both in terms of participants and competitions, a total of 300 approved swimsuits were
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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, is the site of Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy‘s next open water adventure. After his ice mile and other ice swimming endeavors performed on the surface of the water, Kennedy was looking for something