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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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Courtesy of Matthew Moseley after crossing Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. They pulled an alligator from the finish about an hour before I got there which explains why there were so many police and emergency personnel [at the finish]. The 25-mile swim across Lake Pontchartrain was an amazing experience all the way around. I figured on
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Courtesy of Mark Rew, shown above on right with guide and coach Brian Suddeth on left. Mark Rew is an American swimmer who may be the first totally blind person to complete the one-mile challenge event in the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim. The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim was Rew’s first open water swim, completed in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scenes from today’s the 64th annual Huntington Beach Pier Swim as President Obama flew overhead in his presidential helicopter over the Pacific Ocean. From running into the crashing surf to bodysurfing in towards the finish, the 300 participants carried on the Surf City tradition started 64 years ago by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 42-year-old Gordon Gridley became the 84th person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. The Utah swimmer completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 10 minutes as well as an English Channel crossing in 11 hours 30 minutes in 2012 and a Catalina
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is always a joy to see the very best in any sport perform. In the heat of the game, they can remain cool, calm and collected. Which is what former world champion Charles ‘Chip’ Peterson is known for. Watching this talented and intelligent young man compete is always
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is always a joy to see the very best in any sport perform. When it comes to competitive open water swimming, Yale University’s Eva Fabian is most definitely among the very best. Watching this very talented and intelligent young women compete is humbling and educational. Her navigational IQ
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is always a joy to see the very best in any sport perform. When it comes to competitive open water swimming, Yale University’s Eva Fabian is most definitely among the very best. Watching this very talented and intelligent young women compete is humbling and educational. Her navigational IQ
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How close can the finish be at competitive open water swimming races? Check out the women’s finish at the 2014 USA Swimming 5 km National Open Water Swimming Championship in Castaic Lake, California. Full results of the race are posted here. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming
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