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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The open water is a great equalizer. High navigational IQ knows no gender or age barriers. Gertrude Ederle showed the world that women could swim across the English Channel. Lynne Cox did things no man dreamed before. Penny Dean crushed not only the English Channel record, but also the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Laser to mark the straight course along the Henley Swim, one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims. Courtesy of Tom Kean of Henley Swim. The Henley Classic kicks off the Henley Swim events. A 2.1 km upstream River Thames swim, it is held over the Henley Royal
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Bracebridge Examiner reported that Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa completed a 22 km crossing of Lake Joseph in Hamilton, Canada on June 21st. It was a charity swim for Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton in preparation for her last leg of her planned Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In addition to her Manhattan Island Marathon Swim colleagues Doug McConnell, John Walker, and Fionnuala Walsh this weekend, Joelle Beard from Willard, Utah joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. There are now 88 individuals in history who have completed the Triple Crown.* * a crossing of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association with the Camlough Lake Water Festival hosted the 1.5 km Round the Rock sea swim today in Warrenpoint Co.Down. Jacqueline Galway reports, “Sunshine on shore, but a cool offshore breeze and choppy waters and tepid 17ºC water met 86 swimmers for the event
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is almost nothing as comforting, deep and well-deserved as a nap after a punishing endurance event. The body and the mind have been taxed to its maximum and slumber provides that much-needed recovery. That is exactly what Adrian Sarchet earned after his 11 hour 29 minute circumnavigation swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Both Fionnuala Walsh of Ireland and Doug McConnell of the USA joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming today with their successful circumnavigation swims at the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York City. The duo completed the trio of swim – the English Channel, the Catalina Channel
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships to the last year’s FINA World Championships and many domestic and international events sandwiched between, Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto have been in the mix among the elite ranks of the world’s fastest open water swimmers. In today’s FINA 10KM
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Portugal’s Setúbal Bay along the Portuguese coast 40 km south from Lisbon was site of today’s most competitive and exciting FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup race. Jarrod Poort of Australia pulled out a very close victory over Allan do Carmo of Brazil and a pair of Germans Thomas
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Richards is climbing the charts. Not only is he slowing knocking off swims from his home state of Florida (Tampa Bay Marathon Swim), but also swims in New York (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim), the English Channel, and the Catalina Channel. This week, he also just completed a 3
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