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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Signs at myriad open water swimming venues around the world are occasionally inconsistent with the activities of open water swimmers. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The medal ceremonies at various events range from the race director handing out awards on the beach right after the last swimmer finishes to elaborate ceremonies with national anthems at world championship events. The statuesque hostesses who gracefully escorted the medalists to the awards podium at the Shunyi Olympic
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The competitive career of Karley Stutzel unexpectedly and inexplicably collapsed during the last loop at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race in Beijing in 2008. The Canadian professional marathon swimmer never had her world fall apart before like what happened at the end of the 10 km swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Wegner of Club Assistant compiles the season-long results from the Southern Pacific Masters Swimming (SPMS) Open Water Series. The SPMS announced its age-group winners of the 2015 SPMS Open Water Series. The Series includes the 2.4-mile Salt Creek Rough Water Swim, the 1- and 3-mile Seal Beach Rough
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker talks to ITV Calendar news about his new book Man vs. Ocean. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilots Pádraig Mallon and Richard Lafferty of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services know the value of ‘try, try again’. After Mo McCoy, John McElroy, Olive Conroy, and Adrian Poucher struggled against the currents for nearly 13 hours on their first attempt of the Dál Riata Channel between Scotland
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Marathon Swim Costa Brava is a 42 marathon swim between Palangres Beach in Roses and Portbou along Spain’s Catalan coast that is organized by Swim No Limits between May and September for interested swimmers. The 42 swim, first accomplished in 2015, can be attempted as a solo swim
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Courtesy of Swim No Limits, Cataluña, Spain. Swim Marathon de Cataluña was a 42 km (26-mile) swim by 3 Spanish open water swimmers. David Pavón and Pau Cusó of the Diversport-Swimnolimits Team combined to complete a due relay swim between Palangres Beach in Roses and Portbou along Spain’s Catalan coast in 13 hours 20 minutes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Erika Villaécija García has been to 3 Olympics and finished 8th in the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 10 km marathon swim. But the 31-year-old thought she was going to retire after her London performance, but the pool and open water continued to call her back. After finishing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Winter Swimming Association announced the inaugural Winter Swimming World Cup Series for the 2015 – 2016 season. The first five World Cup stages will take place in the following countries: *The Jelgavas Roni Cup on November 7th in Jelgava, Latvia (visit here) *The Big Chill Swim on
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