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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Without a doubt, Michael Phelps would be a great open water swimmer, if not one of the best of all time. The open water swimming world may never see Phelps body surf into shore, be fed from an escort boat or lead a pack around a turn buoy, but his aquatic talents would grace the […]
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Oracle founder Larry Ellison reportedly purchased 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai which is the start of the annual Maui Channel Swim and site of 234 swimmers who have crossed the 9.6-mile channel. The third-richest American with a net worth of US$36 billion, the US$500+ purchase of the sixth-largest island in Hawaii, loves big
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Donal Buckley who eloquently explains marathon swimming to a global audience is feeling it today, despite swimming 28.5 miles in water that is much too warm for his liking. Buckley is swimming in New York City in today’s Manhattan Island Marathon Swim where his speed has ranged from 0 miles per hour when he was
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“One of the things that I think about when I am swimming is what I am grateful for,” explains Patti Bauernfeind who is nearly halfway through today’s Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The California swimmer is holding a strong 73 stroke per minute pass as she passes through Hells Gate where the water from the Sound
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Favored swimmer Abigail Nunn comfortably won the 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7 hours 36 minutes. The decorated Yale University swimmer cruised to a 1200-meter lead as she entered the Hudson River and then maintained her lead down the choppy backstretch. With the race still in progress, it appears that Mexico’s Javier Gutierrez, a
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The beauty of the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km is that 50 athletes from around the world have qualified for the Olympic final on August 9th (women) and 10th (men). The conundrum is that the athletes and coaches do not know which 50 will be in the starting line in London. The final decisions have yet
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The Olympic athletes are supported by a number of staff, from coaches and physiologists to translators and physicians. The pride in which the support staff takes in their role is visible and palpable. They wear their country’s uniform and colors just as proudly as the athletes themselves. They regularly go beyond the call of duty,
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Joe Dowd announced the annual July 4th Firecracker 8000. “It’s time again to brave Lake Natoma…all of it,” he encourages those who wish to swim 4.5 miles upstream in chilly water in northern California. But this year, Mother Nature has taken some of the chill and current off the agenda for Dowd and the rest
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Find out from Gold Medal Mel, where Chloe Sutton is now. Watch the 2008 Olympic open water swimmer’s latest video here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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The feats and drive of open water swimmers across the famed 26-mile (42 km) Molokai Channel just keeps going up and up. Since Keo Nakama completed the first crossing in 1961, the channel has challenged some of the best and hardiest swimmers in the world. Stephen Redmond was the latest swimmer to experience an epic
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