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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In addition to the dozens of Japanese who will attempt to cross the Tsugaru Channel this summer, several Oceans Seven channel swimmers will also make the attempt to cross from Honshu to Hokkaido in Japan. “Each of the foreign swimmers and the relays will be escorted by Captain Mizushima,” […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was a busy weekend for American Lexie Kelly in Windermere at the Great North Swim, the largest open water swimming festival in Europe. After an intercontinental flight from Los Angeles to Manchester, she found her way up to Windermere in the Lake District of England, catching up with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are 176 certified and experience FINA open water swimming officials around the worldwho travel domestically and internationally judging, organizing, planning, volunteering and directing open water swims, relays and events. They can provide advice, guidance and support to solo swimmers, relays, race directors, organizing committee, events and races in
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Photo courtesy of Matt Propert, Fenwick Island, Delaware. Matt Propert is a freelance photographer from Santa Cruz, California who produces beautifully impactful images for exhibitions and National Geographic Society books and special edition magazines. At his family cottage on Fenwick Island nestled in The Quiet Resorts along the Delaware shoreline, Propert captured thousands of images
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kelley Prebil has been swimming all her life. She loves the water. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is a member the Oak Streakers of Laguna Beach, the South End Rowing Club and the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association while competing for the San Mateo
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Caleb Hughes is swimming up the ranks. At last year’s Great North Swim in Windermere, England, he placed fifth. The 2013 European Junior Open Water Championships 5 km silver medalist is now swimming with the big boys. Today, he beat three-time winner Tom Allen and Ireland’s Chris Bryan, both
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Jennings gets around the world of open water swimming. The American with passport has won the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland, the Pan Pacific Championships in Canada, the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay, the Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic in Canada, the Faros Marathon in Croatia
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “I can’t see the buoy.” “I couldn’t see anything when my goggles filled up [with water].” “The waves were so big and the sun was in my eyes, I couldn’t barely see a thing.” Those comments can be heard frequently among open water swimmers. Visually impaired, swimmers often talk
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) was requested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to modify the results of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim due to the use of illegal substance by Ukraine’s Olga Beresnyeva from the 2012 London Olympic Games. Beresnyeva’s answers to the IOC related to her
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Jax Coco Shek O Challenge in Hong Kong. When little guy learns from dad out on the ocean, it is always a great view of a future waterman in development. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association