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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Phil White of the Kingdom Games in Vermont. Lake Memphremagog looks big and wide from nearly every angle. Swim east, swim west, swim north, swim south, and there will always be a long way to go. It is a distance swimmer’s dream. In this venue, Phil White has created the Kingdom Games for […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Faced with competing against Olympic medalists and world champions in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race today in Kazan, Russia, Aurélie Muller of France was undaunted. With all the work and training the 25-year-old French swimmer from Sarreguemines had put in, she had every right to be confident.
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Photos courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In order to finish a major international open water swimming race, athletes must reach up and touch the finish pontoon. The race is officially not over until the athlete clearly touches the finish board with a transponder attached to their wrist.
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Comments on the course at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russis are courtesy of Oussama Mellouli and FINA.
Six By Six, Navigating In The Open Water By Ous Mellouli Read More »
Photo of Richard Weinberger Ian MacNicol of Swimming Canada. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is not often that finishing 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th comes as a prize, a relief, and a joy. But when only 10 of the fastest open water swimming men on the planet qualify for the Olympic
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As the Special Olympics athletes ventured past the shoreline, all kinds of volunteers and professionals were on hand to lend a hand. One of the largest groups of volunteers came from Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading health care providers. Kaiser Permanente is a Founding Champion and the Official
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Photo of Ferry Weertman (silver), Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) and Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) by Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there is any athlete in Russia who looks like they are from Malibu, California, it is Jordan Wilimovsky. He is a blonde, cool, laid-back, zen-like, confident hipster. But underneath that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands and Kester Edwards are, deservedly so, the faces of open water swimming in the Special Olympics community. Through his charisma and depth of passion, Edwards have worked tirelessly over the last several years to bring open water swimming to this community. When people
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today was a long day at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Long Beach, California. First the divisioning heat was held where 87 athletes raced over the 1.5 km rectangular course. Based on their finish time, the athletes were grouped together for the finals to be held on
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