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Report is courtesy of The Telegraph about an Afghan immigrant who was saved on the French side of the English Channel after his third desperate attempt to cross the Channel on flimsy raft. The full story is here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Relay swims across channels are great ways to be introduced to the challenge and excitement of channel swimming. The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Kaiwi Channel Association, Maui Channel Swim, and the Trans Tahoe Relay are among the major open water swims that require six members – no more and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil Dodson, a lifelong swimmer and volunteer from Illinois, won the tough 200-yard butterfly race in the 60-64 age group at the 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships in Santa Clara, California last week. His gutsy performance is typical of his performances that have highlighted his long pool and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christie Plank Ciraulo has been on the top of her age group for decades, both in the pool and open water. And 2014 was no different for one of the fastest swimming women in the planet and member of the Mighty Mermaids. The 60-year-old dynamo from the UCLA Bruin
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Coulter from Manly, Australia is a personable, innovative aquapreneur with a deep passion for swimming. The avid open water swimmer, founded iSwimtoo to help people learn more about swimming activities and locations around the world. Active on Facebook and on the shores of Manly Beach, he is always
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With swimmers from around Nigeria and Ghana, the 2014 Lagos Open Water Swimming Championships were successfully held once again on Victoria Island in Nigeria. Dino Ibraku of Rivers State and Akina Bilibor of Oyo State won the men’s and women’s divisions at the 2014 Lagos Open Water Swimming Championships
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dino Ibraku of Rivers State and Akina Bilibor of Oyo State won the men’s and women’s divisions at the 2014 Lagos Open Water Swimming Championships held on Victoria Island in Nigeria. Ibraku beat Nigerian Olympian Yellow Yeiyah of Rivers State and Bare Dune of Bayelsa State to win the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Surfers know it. Sailors know it. And a handful of open water swimmers know it. The Skeleton Coast along Namibia in the southwest of the African continent is another example of a relatively untouched and unexplored part of the open water swimming world. As the cool Benguela Current flows
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Midgie Thompson, who has helped numerous swimmers realize and reach their potential as well as individuals from entry-level positions to the deputy minister level in the corporate world develop strategies and skills to improve their performance. She has come out with her second book, Soar with Confidence, after her
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1993, Marouf Mohamed set the record for the 26.4 km International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen across Lake Zürich in Switzerland. The former Egyptian national team swimmer completed the swim in a fast 5 hours 51 minutes. A new generation of male swimmers are going to attempt to swim their best
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