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Courtesy of Ned Denison at the Cork Distance Week in Cork, Ireland. This gives you some idea of what is under the gorgeously pretty, occasionally turbulent, frequently cool waters off the coast of Ireland. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame. Sandra Bucha was honored last weekend by the International Swimming Hall of Fame as one of its relatively few Honor Open Water Swimmers. She will be similarly honored at the Mount Stuart Castle on the Isle of Bute in Scotland at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference
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Courtesy of TVNZ from New Zealand. Viewers are cautioned that some images in this New Zealand television report on Kimberley Chambers‘ pursuit of the Oceans Seven may be disturbing: New Zealand Overcomes Horrific Injury Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Mangalore Today, Udupi, India. Gopal Kharvi is an Indian open water swimmer and fisherman from Kundapur who set the world record for the furthest distance swum wearing handcuffs and leg irons at 3.071 km in Malpe, Udupi, India in December 2013. The 2 hour 43 minute swim took place from St Mary’s Island
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jon Erikson, trained by Rosemary George, is shown emerging from the English Channel at the age 14 finishing in 11 hours 23 minutes on August 12th 1969. Erikson was being recognized by the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month as an Honor Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Peanut butter and jelly go together. So does beer and snacks as do bacon and eggs. But the commonalities between master sushi chefs do not always bring to mind open water swimmers. But key attributes of master sushi chefs reminds us of the essential characteristics commonly shown by renowned
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Courtesy of Tom Kean at the finish of the Henley Mile, one of the World Open Water Swimming Series event. The 2014-2015 World Open Water Swimming Series includes the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the Miami Mile in Miami, Florida, U.S.A., El Cruce in Cancún, Mexico, Jax Coco Shek O Challenge in Hong
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Misha Masters Mega In Huntington Beach Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Misha Romanenko (on left), a swimmer and runner at Servite High School who runs cross country and swims competitively, swam and ran neck-and-neck with 4-time defending champion Nick Sullivan of Huntington Beach City Lifeguards at today’s Mega Colossus. It was a race against
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tuomas Kaario is a Finnish open water swimmer who has completed a crossing of the English Channel in 2008 and will make an attempt of a 60 km crossing of the Gulf of Finland in August 2014. His motivation and mindset are fascinating to learn. The 42-year-old swimmer will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are pockets of greatness in the open water swimming world. These locations are like an oasis, a watering hole of outstanding open water swimmers. From Melbourne and Sydney to La Jolla and Aquatic Park, from Messina to Sandycove, from the Serpentine to Dover, from Hong Kong to Rio
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