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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim, a tidal-assisted 17-mile (27.3 km) swim from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, will be held on August 13th. “This annual event commemorates the historic swim of Rose Pitonof, a world champion swimmer of the early 1900s,” explains race founder Deanne Draeger. “Rose […]
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Photo courtesy of Nuala Moore in Windermere, England. This year, in a surprising and unexpected move, the top decision-making board in FINA, the FINA Bureau, decided that wetsuits can be used when the water temperature is 20°C or less (note: FINA races cannot be held in venues where the water temperature is 16°C). This decision
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Courtesy of Sid Cassidy and Swimming World Magazine. Swimming World Magazine interviewed Sid Cassidy about the 2008 Olympic marathon swimming open water venue. Read here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What do American President Thomas Jefferson and U.S. Olympic marathon swimmer Alex Meyer have in common? A love of Lake George in New York. President Jefferson said in 1791, “Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a
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Courtesy of Kevin Helliker, Wall Street Journal. Kevin Helliker, award-winning reporter of the Wall Street Journal and an open water swimmer himself, writes about the comeback of 78-year-old Marilyn Di Lascio, née Bell and her dreams to participate in a 13-mile Hudson River swim at the age of 80. “I don’t know whether I will
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Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. The Kingdom Swim includes a wide variety of event, from the 100-yard and ¼-mile swims in Lake Memphremagog for children up to 1-mile, 3-mile, 6-mile, 10-mile and 16-mile races for adults. The longer events are quite popular: the 15-mile Border Buster whose course lies between Canada and the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On Stage 3 of the 5-part International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup circuit, there was a hat competition at the 5th Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships in Skellefteå, Sweden. 200 swimmers from 16 countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Germany, France, New Zealand, Austria, Brazil, Britain, Denmark, France, Russia,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winter swimmers like Jaimie Monahan of the USA, John Lulu and Anna-Carin Nordin of Sweden, Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen of Finland, and Aleksandr Jakovlevs of Latvia travel the world to compete on the 5-part International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup circuit: Stage 1: 7th Jelgavas Roni Cup on November
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen of the International Winter Swimming Association produced a video to introduce the 5-part IWSA Winter Swimming World Cup. Headed by chairperson Yrjö-Koskinen and co-organizer Jakovlevs, the Winter Swimming World Cup stages include: Stage 1: 7th Jelgavas Roni Cup on November 7th 2015 in Jelgava, Latvia Stage 2:
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Courtesy of Ted Lawrence, Communications and Policy Associate, Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Sea lampreys have existed in Lake Ontario since the 1840s. Just hope that the lampreys do not attach to the body of swimmers – see below. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association