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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Images courtesy of FINA with race highlights here. Aurélie Muller of France has an English-language tattoo imprinted on her foot, “chase your dreams”. That she has been chasing her dream for three Olympic quadrennials. She initially qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic 10 km marathon swim, but finished a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Judy Labrona posted these photos above on her Facebook page and sent the photos to Bill’s Channel and Bill’s Channel Facebook page. Labrona supposedly took the pictures while in Sri Lanka. “I went snorkeling and came across a guy taking his elephant for a swim. I started taking some
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The children at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten Sonnenberg Uster in Switzerland look at their teacher Vedika Bolliger as an educator and friend. But the open water swimming community remembers Bollinger as someone with incredible stamina. Over the course of her career, she made five successful crossings of the English
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Craig Lord of Vortex writes, “The founding principles of the World Swimming Association, officially adopted in Cleveland this week as the organisation that intends to take over the global governance of the sport, were backed by a unanimous vote of approval from more than 650 coaches this weekend. The Board of the World Swimming Coaches
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimmers, paddle boarders, kayakers, and wind surfers all understand the freedom – and challenges – that come with training and competing in the ocean. That freedom is a result of the natural buoyancy of the water, the ebb and flow of the tides, the dynamic nature of winds
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2015 inaugural Surf Lifesaving Sports Festival in Beesley’s Point Sea Doo, Beesley’s Point in New Jersey, Josh Shadel was a star. “People are still talking about the experience. Josh, one of our spinal athletes, did the 250-meter open water swim completely unassisted backstroke,” reported event organizer Bruckner
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A 2002 Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Abilio Couto was one of those larger-than-life open water swimmers of the 20th century. Rivers, lakes and oceans: he enjoyed swimming and competing in all of them. The Brazilian who died in 1998 never quit; he always
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Swahili Channel Crossing is a 35 km channel swim by 15 Madswimmers on October 10th between Zanzibar Island and the mainland of Tanzania. “The African version of the English Channel is a charity swim on behalf of local Tanzanian children’s charities,” explained Madswimmer Nicolene Steynberg. “Our swim will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The photo of Yasunari Hirai (silver medal from Japan), Allan Do Carmo (gold medal from Brazil) and Richard Weinberger (bronze medal from Canada) is illustrative of the internationalization of open water swimming. Over the first three Olympic Games in the 10K marathon swim (2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Matías Ola of Argentina is known as an ice swimmer and ice festival organizer, he is also embarking on his Unir el Mundo project. His swims around the world include the following: 1. Strait of Gibraltar 2. 86 km Bering Strait Crossing (international relay team) 3. Bering Strait
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