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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nadia Ben Bahtane is working mother with a dream and an inspirational story to tell. The open water swimmer from Casablanca, Morocco became the first women from Morocco to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to her homeland on April 28th this year in 4 hours 18 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katherine Horvath has already made a name for herself in the triathlon world after she completed a full Ironman triathlon while balancing the needs of her four children, ages 9, 12, 14 and 16. The World Triathlon Corporation published her story (see here) of her 15 hour 45 minute
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 32-year-old John Royer and his younger brother Mark Royer will attempt a Molokai Channel relay tonight as their window is rapidly closing due to an incoming weather pattern. “Mark and John will do a 2-man relay under Kaiwi Channel Association relay guidelines,” describes escort Steve Haumschild. John grew up
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming heroine Keri-Anne Payne met with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge at the SportsAid event in Glasgow, Scotland with Laura Robson on July 30th. As SportsAid’s patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge helps to shine a light on the achievements and potential of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For years, Lord James “Tally Ho” Blears poured his heart and passion into announcing at the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu. He made everyone cross the finish line feel good about themselves while he made the crowd laugh and learn more about the history of the event. But
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are many things at an open water swim that make a world-class event: A beautiful venue, great weather, clearly marked and numbered turn buoys, accurate timing systems, timely results, sufficient medical and safety staff and marine vessels along the course, practical emergency protocols, ease of registration, ample pre-race
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Courtesy of Phil White, Kingdom Games, Vermont. Three Americans swam the 21-mile length of Loch Ness from Fort Augustus to Inverness as part of an expeditionary force, In Search of Nessie 2015. Sarah Thomas of Colorado, completed the traverse in 10 hours 52 minutes as the first swimmer across the cold lake. Elaine Kormbau Howley
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In celebration of the legacy of Sri Chinmoy, an Honour Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the Sri Chinmoy Fitness and Weightlifting Anniversary will be held on August 27th. “This year marks the 30th Fitness-Weightlifting Anniversary of a true pioneer in spreading fitness to millions,” explains
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Courtesy of Mark Ruffalo on behalf of Benoit Lecomte who is attempting to swim from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California. Benoit Lecomte’s team will identify what he will be exposed to throughout his swim across the Pacific Ocean. This combination of science and ocean swimming has never been done to this extent or over
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The test event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games 10K marathon swim showcased how exciting the Olympic final will undoubtedly be. With rough water, ocean currents, waves, sizable surface turbulence and a near photo finish in Copacabana Beach, the 2016 Rio Olympic 10K will prove to have everything that
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