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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers are often heard saying, “Open water swimming is 80% mental.” Today, on the 40th anniversary of the first attempt at a three-way crossing of the English Channel, Kevin Murphy literally helped expand the mindset of the swimming community with his valiant but unsuccessful attempt. Murphy, who […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A hint of nervousness, a splash of self-doubt, a fear of changing weather conditions, a bit of insomnia, and second thoughts on the amount of training performed are always possible in the week leading up to a major athletic endeavor. This is especially true for an attempt that has
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Courtesy of Ocean Voices, We Fight for Sharks by David McGuire, an ocean advocate and founder of the Ocean Health and Shark Conservation non-profit Sea Stewards. Click here at Ocean Voices for all kinds of photos and information about , sharks.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,” is a quote often mentioned that hints about the dynamically fickle weather of the northern California jewel of a city. In these variable conditions, Night Train 300 (NT300) is an attempt in San Francisco Bay by the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It took a long 29 years, but a local Macedonian swimmer finally won the Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon, an annual stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. Veteran Evgenij Pop Acev came through in his country’s long-running Ohrid Lake Swim Marathon today. The globe-trotting marathon swimmer crossed
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco won her second FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix victory of the season with a comfortable win in Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. Franco won her first race of the season in Argentina at the Maratón Internacional Aguas Abiertas Villa Urquiza – Paraná and followed it up with
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Aygul Sagirova, Matteo Furlan Win Faros Maratón Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matteo Furlan defended his Faros Maratón title today while Aygul Sagirova comfortably won the women’s division. While youth swept the podium, two veterans also competed. 74-year-old marathon swimming legend Michael Read finished in 5 hours 49 minutes while Irene van der Laan
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alexis Underwood wears business attire by day and trains by night for all kinds of amateur and professional open water competitions. Originally from Canada, she was a competitive swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently working for Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta. She recently won the women’s division at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Not only is Craig Beardsley a hero in many people’s eyes because of his passionate work at Swim Across America, but he is a hero to many competitive pool swimmers from the 1970s on. AP reporter Paul Newberry writes a telling article about Beardsley here. “He was a great
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