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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the city of Osaka is planning a 1 km open water swimming canal in the middle of the Japanese megalopolis and numerous cities in Europe from Ireland to the Netherlands offer open water swims in venues that run through the middle of their cities, most of America – […]
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Courtesy of Mailsports Swim Specialist. Mailsports Swim Specialist has 30 recommendations for open water swimming venues and events in the United Kingdom: 1. North Channel (21 miles) 2. Great North Swim (2-day extravaganza) 3. Cold Water Swimming Championships (in Tooting Bec Lido, London) 4. Sandycove Island Challenge Race (2 km) 5. Vibes & Scribes Lee
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Loretta Cox crossed the English Channel in 1995 and completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 1997. The British swimmer from Westerham, Kent is now attempting to complete the circle and achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a September crossing of the Catalina Channel. As a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The first official records of this historic event are from the 1920s by the Windermere Swimming Club. In 1974 it was taken over by Troutbeck Swimming Club, and then in 2014 Troutbeck Swimming Club handed the event over to Chillswim. Colin Hill is happy to carry on the tradition,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Norman Stark Jr. is swimming across Lake Erie on behalf of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) Traumatic Brain Injury. Josh Heynes, founder and director of the Lake Erie Open Water Swimming Association who has crossed Lake Erie twice himself (11 hours 53 minutes in 2006 and 11 hours
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Courtesy of Milken Institute, featuring ocean swimmer Dr. Peter Attia of Nutrition Science Initiative.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 5 km USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, won by Alex Meyer and Haley Anderson, were competitive, fast-paced races in Castaic Lake, California. Round and round the turn buoys they went in a 3-loop course with some views above. The results of the men’s race are here;
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “I finished,” said 40-year-old Malena Hankins from Georgia with justifiable pride about her 8 hour 5 minute circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in the annual Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. “And I did look up on the bridges. All was good during the first 5 and a half hours. But that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tom Allen won the Great North Swim 5 km race held in Windermere this weekend over a slew of international competitors including Chris Bryan of Ireland and Christian Reichert of Germany. The official results: 1. Tom Allen 54:10 2. Chris Bryan 54:20 3. Christian Reichert 54:20 4. Mark Deans
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anna Olasz of Hungary who trains at Arizona State University in America where she is studying traveled to England to compete in the elite division of the 5 km Great North Swim in Windermere. The race was qualifier for British athletes to qualify for the European Championships. But the
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