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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan [see photos above], Germany’s Peggy Büchse won the 10 km race over Russia’s Irina Abysova and Edith van Dijk. After the races on Momochi Beach in the calm Hakata Bay, Abysova (Russian: Ирина Алексеевна Абысова) took stock of her swimming […]
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Men’s 5 km race at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships Women’s 5 km race at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 2001 at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, there were 6 outstanding races with the Italian, Russian, German, Dutch and French swimmers dominating the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine swims on. He completed yet another unprecedented swim in his native Philippines, a 15.1 km swim in the Bohol Sea from Pamilacan Island to Baclayon proper in 5 hours 59 minutes. “Thank you to my 2 skillful navigators Edwin Dela Cruz and Roel Catoto, my undying
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. New Zealand Ocean Swim Series participants Liam Albery and Emma Robinson won today’s 3.3 km Capital Classic swim in Wellington, where 1,250 registered participants also took competed in multiple swim distances (300m ‘Give it A Go’, 1 km ‘Step It Up’, and 200m ‘OceanKids’ for 14 & unders). The
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California with USA Swimming coach Jack Fabian and his daughter Eva Fabian. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It was a great day [at the Cold Half in Hong Kong],” reported race director Doug Woodring. “We enjoyed incredibly good weather given that there was ice on the hills here last weekend for the first time in over 70 years. The course was fast with relatively little wind,
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Courtesy of Creative Pictures, Cozumel, Mexico. Professional marathon swimmers always enjoyed the hospitality and beauty of the Maratón Cozumel and Maratón Cancún. The hotel, the food, the course, the marine life, the seaside communities were absolutely gorgeous locations to hold FINA competitions with the world’s best open water swimmers. The fans loved the course that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA announced today during its FINA Bureau meeting in Hungary that it decided to keep the current open water swimwear equipment rules until the conclusion of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. “During this competition, FINA, together with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, will take all necessary measures to ensure
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Courtesy of Taming The Seven Seas by Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali. Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali from India is on his way to complete the Oceans Seven. For more information, visit Taming The Seven Seas. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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