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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When watching the Olympic finalists on Copacabana Beach during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, these will be the swimmers’ race numbers: 1. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA 2. Ferry Weertman, NED 3. Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE 4. Sean Ryan, USA 5. Jack Burnell, GBR 6. Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede Olivier, FRA 7. Simone […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. BBC BREAKFAST’S LOUISE TO DOUBLE UP AT SWIM SERPENTINE BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin is so excited to be taking part in the first ever Swim Serpentine she has decided to swim twice! Experienced swimmer Louise will take part in the one-mile mass-participation swim on Saturday 24 September and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships will be held between October 21st-23rd at Nathan Benderson Park, a 2 km rowing course and Regatta Center in Sarasota, Florida. BIATHLE RULES 2016 1 GENERAL ASPECTS 1.1 Definition 1.2 Sphere of application 1.3 Categories 1.4 Formats 1.5 Age Groups and sequence of events
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands had no idea that he has just won the gold medal in Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2016 Paralympic Games concluded yesterday in Rio de Janeiro. The 2016 Paralympics featured 152 Swimming events, compared to the 34 Swimming and Open Water events at the Olympics last month. In total, 36 nations garnered at least 1 medal, with 25 garnering at least 1 gold medal. Final
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica of Málaga, Spain completed a double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island in New York in 20 hours 15 minutes. Jongeneel’s time broke the existing record of American Skip Storch of 20 hours 56 minutes set in 2007 en route to Storch’s triple circumnavigation swim in
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