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39th 16 km Faros Maratón, we REALLY do not understand why some open water swimming referees do not give red cards. At the end of the Faros Maratón in Croatia, Head referee Milovoj Mirasavac judged that both Vlodymer Voronko of Ukraine and Xavier Desharnais of Canada tied. SuperSport of South Africa covered the controversy over […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Got it. There are still swimmers or relays who swim in various bodies (e.g., Catalina Channel), but they are not looking for official sanctioning or even observers. Some of them are trying to raise money for local charities and they see the sanctioning fee as cutting into their donation
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. My son a Skyler Munatones did life-saving CPR on me until Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming offers something for everyone. First and foremost, people of all ages are able to participate and enjoy the sport. Some young ones start as early as 6 or 7 years old, and there are also amazing men and women in their 90’s still swimming. Both the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Varne Ridge Channel Swim Park, owned by Evelyn and David Frantzeskou, in Folkestone, England is one. So is the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach on Oahu. These are two examples of outstanding hotels for open water swimmers where good food and fun as well as proximity to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ubiquitous Bill Ireland has his usual travel-filled schedule of open water swims this summer. The 56-year-old attorney has arguably participated in the greatest number of open water swims of any masters swimmer throughout his four-decade career. On July 16th, he will participate in the U.S. Masters Swimming 10 km
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is nearly impossible to accurately predict the medalists in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games…but some athletes are ideally prepared to swim the race of their lives and capture gold. One of those athletes is a two-time Olympic veteran who came within 0.4
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter The typical clinical profile of sport-related AF or atrial flutter is a middle-aged man (in his forties or fifties) who has been involved in regular endurance sport practice since his youth (soccer, cycling, jogging, and swimming),
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