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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often wear transponders when competing in professional marathon races and other open water swimming competitions around the world. The transponders are often worn on their wrists when there is an in-the-water finish and other times worn on their ankles when there is an on-the-shore finish. The […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today is a very big day on the world’s oceans. Out in the Pacific Ocean, Craig Lenning together with an all-star support crew including Vito Bialla and David Holscher of the Night Train Swimmers and Jamie Patrick and Evan Morrison started at the Farallon Islands, and if everything goes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today is a big day on the world’s oceans. In the Pacific Ocean, Craig Lenning together with an all-star support crew including Vito Bialla, Patrick Horn, and David Holscher of the Night Train Swimmers and Jamie Patrick and Evan Morrison started at the Farallon Islands, and if everything goes
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Photo courtesy of Dr. Jim Miller. Could these three women stand on top of the Olympic podium at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro? In the rough water conditions in the Caribbean Sea off the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico among another photo-finish with 9 great swimmers, Martina Grimaldi of
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Maratón Acuático Ruta del Arrecife Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Maratón Acuático Ruta del Arrecife is an open water swimming competition held in Puerto Morelos in Quintana Roo, Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula, about 36 km south of Cancún. The race was founded by Fernando Betanzos Tenorio and is organized by Ivan Torres.
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Photo courtesy of Dr. Jim Miller. Because of the strong winds and turbulence in the offshore waters of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the course was slightly modified and the feeding pontoons were discarded in a nod for safety. Instead, coaches were asked to feed their athletes at the most recent FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Where are my Speedos?” “Are you going to wear Speedos or jammers?” “He is going to do an ice mile only with Speedos on.” Speedos are the most well-known swimwear brand and are synonymous with traditional swim briefs around the world. So it is no wonder that Speedo won
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Michael Phelps and Milorad Čavić famously raced against one another at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, replays of their close race was played over and over again. Photos were splashed all over the globe and interest in swimming increased. Whether it is fouls in a basketball game, penalties
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gellért Gábor is the coach of Szegedi Úszó Egylet (Swimming Club of Szeged). He coached both Melinda Novoszath (on left in above photo) and Anna Olasz (on right) at the recent FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup and 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Playa
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James Kegley’s Amazing Aquatic Adventure Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Kelgey, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and a prolific professional marathon swimmer who raced on 5 continents, recalls the days when he visited Egypt for a series of professional races. “Back in 1981 when the Internet didn’t
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