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Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. The Night Train Swimmers hit 227 miles by dinnertime on their third day swimming in San Francisco Bay. “At this rate, we will finish by tomorrow night,” reports Captain Vito Bialla. Finishing with 4 days (96 hours) would smash expectations on how fast the NT300 team […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINIS officially announced its release of the Axis Buoy, a dual-function pull buoy. After more than a year of research and development, FINIS has started to sell the much-anticipated product to the market. The device can be used as a traditional buoy, which isolates the legs and utilizes the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilar Geijo of Argentina won the 2015 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix title in a tight season-long battle over Alice Franco of Italy. Pilar has now won the title in the last 4 out of 5 years: 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. The 31-year-old swimmer who trains under
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like actors Michael Caine or Kevin Bacon, Evgenij Pop Acev always seems to be seen everywhere. The Macedonian marathon swimmer always shows up and competes in the major marathon races around the world. He never quits and always performs well, but 2015 was definitely his Academy Award-winning year. The
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Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. As the Night Train Swimmers continue to swim all around San Francisco Bay day and night, their provisions are replenished by deliveries via a supply boat during the NT300. “We receive daily deliveries. It is all fantastic. My wife Linda surprises us each day,” explains Captain
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Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. The Night Train Swimmers are progressing ever so steadily to their goal of 300 miles. They have now reportedly crossed the 200-mile mark according to Captain Vito Bialla. “We are going to our berth tank up while our swimmer treads water or swims back and forth,”
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yuta Tsuboi became the first Japanese male swimmer to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. “I’m in pain all over, but it feels good!,” said the CIBBOWS swimmer who lives in New York. Historical footnote: Dr. Sakura Hingley was the first Japanese swimmer to complete the Triple
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On day #2 of the Night Train 300, Captain Vito Bialla reported that the Night Train 300 relay (NT300) has already completed 142.86 statute miles at the 48-hour point. After a rather rough first night with turbulence, tranquility and bright blue skies have greeted Grace van der Byl, Dave
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The SwimCross is an open water swimming lake competition with 4 obstacles along the course with an in-the-water start and run-on-land finish. In each heat, 10 athletes race together. The final pit the best 8 women and best 8 men together in Strandbad in Uster Zurich, Switzerland. Top Men
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