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The “Race for the Conch” Eco-Sea Swim took place in the crystal-clear turquoise waters of Grace Bay on the island of Providenciales in Turks & Caicos. It is the third race in the West Indies Swim Series that also includes open water races in Nevis, St. John (USVI), and Trinidad.” Big red starfish, huge conch shells, […]
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For 31 years, Shirley Loftus-Charley has been swimming in the Chris Greene Lake Swim in Virginia. An outstanding masters swimmer who has dominated her age group going on her fourth decade, she is a fixture in the pool and open water locally and nationally. In addition to her numerous pool records and honors, she was
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Marine safety expert and rescue swimmer Mario Vittone wrote about the Instinctive Drowning Response. The Instinctive Drowning Response was named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D. to describe what happens during a drowning. It happens quietly: no drama, no splashing, no waving, no yelling. Dr. Pia described the Instinctive Drowning Response in Coast Guard’s On Scene
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The 300+ swimmers at the Vibes & Scribes Lee Swim in Cork, Ireland learned during the safety briefing that their fellow Irish open water swimmer Stephen Redmond was in the water in Japan for his fourth attempt across the Tsugaru Channel. This iconic inner-city river swim is 1700m down the North Channel of the River
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With over 170 betting shops in the Republic of Ireland, Paddy Power, the biggest Irish bookmaker with 170 betting shops in Ireland, laid down its odds for the top women competing in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The odds are posted as: Keri-Anne Payne at 11/5 Martina Grimaldi at
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The 25 finalists in the men’s Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2012 Olympics are good-looking, seriously-minded, hard-working individuals from 23 countries on 5 continents. They define the word Olympic hero with their athletic talents, chiseled features, handsome countenance and personable charisma. The 25 macho ambassadors of the sport are quick to smile, lend an
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Antonio Saint Aubyn, a 36-year-old swimming coach from Cumaná, Venezuela, completed an unprecedented 63 km (39-mile) wetsuit swim from Punta de Piedras on Margarita Island to the Cumanagoto Marina in Cumaná City on the mainland of Venezuela yesterday under ideal conditions. He started at 2:28 pm on July 13th and finished at 11:10 am on
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Ethan Saulnier of Somerville, Massachusetts established a new record for the 10-mile course in the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog on the Vermont (American) side. He beat Rondi Davies’ existing record time by about 4 minutes that she set in 2010. The event will serve as the site of the 2013 9+ Mile U.S. Masters
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The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the center of London will consist of six loops of 1.67 km each in a course that is shaped somewhat like a kidney bean. While some traditionalists have commented that the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim is not “real” open water swimming, others believe
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