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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Expect the unexpected is a commonly understood concept in the open water swimming world. So is Expect Thomas Lurz in the front. The senior statesman of the professional marathon swimming world has begun yet another campaign to extend his track record of success with his victory in Playa del […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two of the highest profile open water swimmers in contemporary times have used stinger suits: Australian Penny Palfrey during her 2010 unprecedented swim from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands and American Diana Nyad from Cuba to Florida across the Straits of Florida in 2013. In
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Silvie Rybárová brings a warm smile whether she is traveling around the world. The Czech Republic professional open water swimmer participates on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, as well as competed on the 2011 FINA World Championships, and World University
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jorge Auerlio Delgado Panchana of Ecuador was selected as the men’s head referee for the 2012 London Olympics Games marathon swim. “It was a great setup and it helped the continued development of the sport. There were so many turn buoys in the course; it was difficult for the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shelagh Watson is a pool and loch swimmer from Torrance, Scotland. After she stopping working in 2011, she channeled her energies to swimming. “I started swimming regularly in a local loch and did the Great North Swim in Windermere and the Great Scottish Swim in Loch Lomond in 2013.”
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the qualification process for the marathon swimming event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games where the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The IOC formally approved two open water swimming events: the men’s 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 15 South African swimmers came together to celebrate sea swimming with generosity and friendship last weekend in Cape Town. They enjoyed every minute of their 7.5 km crossing. “15 of us swam from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand,” explains Theodore Yach who completed his 79th official crossing of the famed
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How do women compare to men in open water swimming?
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers are coming from all over the place to participate in the 36-mile (57.9 km) Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET), but none may face the challenge of 56-year-old Dan Projansky. Swimming 36 miles of butterfly down a slowly meandering river where the current flows downstream up to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Romina Imwinkelried is a young professional marathon swimmer from Santa Fe, Argentina who competed for the first time outside her native country last weekend on the 2014 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. She was quiet and pensive before the race – not unusual by young swimmers in
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