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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame celebrates and commemorates the history and luminaries of the global marathon swimming community. Over the 5 decades of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the exploits and careers of these luminaries have been maintained in archives that have now been made […]
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Extreme swimmer and filmmaker Jack Bright had to break some bad news to his fellow teammates on their planned relay swim across the Bering Strait. Their Russian ship, the Akademik Schokalskiy, was ready to guide them from the Russian side of the Bering Strait to the American side, but the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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The prefecture and city of Osaka in Japan are moving forward with their plans to create a 1-kilometer 12-15m wide and 1.1-1.4m deep pool, called Pool Dotonbori. Scheduled to open in 2015, Pool Dotonbori will feature large spaces for advertising in order to subsidize the largest pool open to the public in a major metropolitan
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Joe Locke quietly pulled off on an 11 hour 40 minute crossing of Lake Tahoe in the south to north direction yesterday. Most people tackle Lake Tahoe in the opposite direction, but the overall record remains with Dave Kenyon who swam in the north-to-south direction in 9 hours 20 minutes in 1987, although the standard
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Hollywood can create magic. Movies offer special effects and computer generated images. Television can transport its viewers from their living rooms to anywhere in the world. Modern movie-making technologies and the Internet combined with the drama and uncertainty of human competition makes for compelling television and live streaming. What the TV or online viewer sees
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Officiating the sport of water polo and basketball is tough. Whistles are blown throughout the game. Many times, the athletes disagree with the calls and occasionally voice their displeasure of the athletes. Whistles are also often blown in the sport of open water swimming, but the marathon swimmers have a hard time voicing their displeasure
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The 7th annual Bob Roper Golden Gate Bridge Swim will be held on October 14th. Swimmers jump off a boat at the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and swim 2 miles (3.2km) north, into the cove at Ft. Baker. There are both wetsuit and non-wetsuit divisions in the charity swim. Friends and family
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South African poet Mbali Vilakazi penned this poem about fellow countrywoman Natalie du Toit, the famed 2008 Beijing Olympian and amputee. Although the 16th-place finisher in the Olympic marathon swim in 2008 just barely missed out qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics by the slimmest of margins, she will culminate her career at the Paralympic
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According to Running USA: 467,000..that’s the number of estimated finishers and runners who completed a marathon last year. 10%…that’s the total annual increase of runners finishing a marathon from the previous year. Sold Out…that’s what happened at most big city marathons in 2009. The complete press release is below to see a very interesting break
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the eyes of the sporting world are on the athletes at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the eyes of former Olympians are also zeroed in on the nail-biting races in London. If you want to see Olympic heroes and heroines of the past, head to London where hundreds
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