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Photo by Simon Watts shows Kane Radford winning at the Legend of the Lake swim. Photo on left by Simon Watts shows Stefannie Gillespie crossing the finish line at the Legend of the Lake swim. Photo below by Simon Watts shows swimmers in the Legend of the Lake swim in Rotorua, New Zealand. The New […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 1.5 km Melbourne Swim Classic from Brighton to Elwood is in its third year. The Melbourne Swim Classic is a participation-based, community-fundraising open water swimming carnival. Held on Elwood Beach on March 13th (Labour Day Weekend) from 4 pm, there are events for the family inclusive of a
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Courtesy of The Water Network with Doug Woodring, Ocean Recovery Alliance. For the full interview, visit here.
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Yuta Tsuboi Cristian Vergara and Greg O’Connor Charlotte Brynn Courtesy of Phil White, Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, Vermont. They’re back. Those crazy, wonderful swimmers are returning on March 5th and 6th for the Second Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival at Newport, Vermont. The events will be held in a 25-meter, 2-lane pool cut in the
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TOWER 26 club member Jim Lubinski and Gerry Rodrigues launched a triathlon-specific swimming podcast series. The TOWER 26 Be Race Ready podcast focuses on swim training and race demands for triathletes. “The purpose of the podcast is to educate athletes, coaches, race directors and their governing bodies, on being fully prepared and safe through the
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Courtesy of Marina Drattseva, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Russian Evgeny Drattsev is working hard to return to the Olympics. After placing fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 10 km swim, he missed qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics. Disappointed, but he did not give up the sport. He kept plugging away and qualified today at the
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Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Amid 13 Olympians and a large field of 49 competitors, Aurélie Muller proved herself once again against a world-class field at the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates today. She is swimming as well as ever as the reigning world
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Courtesy of FINA, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Amid 13 Olympians and a large field of 81 competitors, Marc Antoine Olivier not only proved himself the class of the field at the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates today, but he also gave an indication that athletes are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoit Lecomte is still working on the thousands of small details that he need to design, test, operate and confirm before he starts The Longest Swim in Tokyo, Japan. Most recently, Lecomte tested the waterproof tape that he will use to adhere medical equipment on his body during his
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