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“I hate walls. I hate turns,” says northern California native Haley Anderson. An unusual statement to say the least from the reigning NCAA champion in the 500-yard freestyle, a gut-busting 4-minute swim that requires 19 flip turns. But the personable 20-year-old has good reasons for her dislike of walls and turns. She is one of […]
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On August 10th, Dave Cornthwaite will undertake the hardest segment of his Expedition1000 project: a 1000-mile swim down the lower Missouri River running through the middle of America. “It will be the toughest expedition I have ever taken on,” predicts the British adventurer, author and motivational speaker who will do 25 expeditions of at least
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What kind of landmarks are the Olympics going to see during the marathon swimming races in the Serpentine? Unlike other open water races, the swimmers will hear, see and feel a crush of humanity, the pressure of tens of thousands of spectators ringing the compact course. Never before have open water swimmers been faced with
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A swim-off is the ultimate head-to-head battle in swimming. A swim-off is a pressure-packed race between two athletes in order to break a tie conducted in a preliminary heat in pool competitions. The winner earns the right to compete in the finals. In an unusual and exciting situation in Portugal’s Setubal Bay next week, the
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A swim-off is the ultimate head-to-head battle in swimming. A swim-off is a pressure-packed race between two athletes in order to break a tie conducted in a preliminary heat in pool competitions. The winner earns the right to compete in the finals. In an unusual situation in Portugal’s Setubal Bay next week, the 2012 FINA
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52 Americans from 7 states, averaging 39 years old, participated in Jamie’s Swim Camp in northern California. Their open water experience included the Lake Tahoe swims, English Channel solos and relays, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Catalina Channel solos and relays, swims throughout San Francisco Bay, Pennock Island Swim, swims in lakes in Switzerland, Utah, Minnesota,
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The Palmy Manly Swim is the longest open water swim in Australia, a 28 km swim from North Palm Beach in Sydney to Manly’s Shelly Beach. 20 English Channel swimmers and open water swimmers from Australia, the USA, the UK and Europe will take on the 19°C (66°F) water on June 2nd. Race organizer English
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For the most capable swimmers willing for a ride of their lives, some of these coastal waters look almost swimmable, albeit quite gnarly: brightcove.createExperiences(); Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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The Sandhills Sandsharks will host for the 2012 North Carolina Open Water Championships on June 2nd with distances from 400m to 5 km. The championships will be held in Lake Echo, Seven Lakes with some of the most stringent safety standards in the U.S. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water
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What started as one man’s dream last year has blossomed to the world’s longest and largest ultra-marathon stage swim. David Barra and Rondi Davies organize the 2nd 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a 7-day stage swim down the Hudson River in the state of New York that covers 120 miles (193 km). The swim, begins
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