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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is the look of a champion? Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia and Gerry Rodrigues seem to have it. In addition to great aerobic capacity, high navigational IQ and top-notch racing savvy, these guys have the intensity and focus of a champion. Look at their eyes on the photos on […]
Courtesy of Laura Ling on Seeker about Kim Chambers, Oceans Seven swimmer. An interview about Kim Chambers by Laura Ling on Seeker here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gary Roethenbaugh of MultiSport Research completed a global triathlon participation survey on behalf of the International Triathlon Union. His findings were quite interesting, especially since many triathletes participate in open water swims in the 172 countries around the world that have known organized open water swims (at least known
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like Night Train Swimmers in California, the Mad Swimmer is a group of open water swimmers from South Africa. The group plans and attempts difficult and unique open water challenges around the world that also help raise money for a variety of charities. Driven by Jean Craven with the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What makes an Olympic champion? Physical prowess, dedication and mental toughness are key attributes. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden has all three, but it is his mental toughness that is so impressive. Not only did Van der Weijden famously overcome leukemia, but he
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Courtesy of Champion Mindset Consulting. From the mid-1980’s to the early 1990’s, Shelley Taylor-Smith dominated the professional marathon swimming community as she was ranked No. 1 for 7 consecutive years by the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation, won four 25 km world championships, and uniquely ranked No. 1 – overall for both men and women
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Two-time Olympic pool and open water swimmer Chloe Sutton was known for working out very hard. With her permission, we observed a few of her 50-meter pool workouts in Mission Viejo, California under the coaching of Bill Rose where she focused on both her endurance and speed . Day One:400 warm-up on 6:004 x 100
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Manyoki of Hungary and Giannis Kotsiopoulos of Greece and two members of the Leandros swim club completed a 6 km Corinth Canal solo swim in 2005. “We were the first swimmers who swam across the Corinthos channel,” explains Manyoki. “Kotsiopoupou was the organizer and one of the swimmers.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sunset Swim Series kicked off last Friday at Santa Monica Beach in Southern California. SCAQ Head Coach and Olympic silver medalist Clay Evans offers a warm-up run-swim circuit followed by an Aquathon competition of 1.5 km ocean swim + 5 km run or 700m ocean swim + 1-mile
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