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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As we travel around the world, we have the pleasure to meet many coaches who wake up very early in the morning and continue to coach, guide, educate and inspire swimmers of all ages in various ways. Sibani Makhanya of the Seals Swimming Club in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is […]
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Out of Boredom Comes Aquatic Artistry Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 16-year-old Tien Nguyen of Segerstrom Fundamental High School swims breaststroke and individual medley on her Southern California high school swim team. When she is not training and competing, she spends her time quietly, carefully and joyfully on the pool deck and in the
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The race number of Orel Jeffrey, a swimmer from Antigua and Barbuda, participated in the men’s 5 km FINA World Championships in 2009. Unlike his fellow competitors, Jeffrey does not have the benefit of working out in a pool in his home country, but does have the opportunity to swim in the beautiful tropical waters
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Coach Rick Walker tells of the time he was on a feeding station at a FINA World Championship event. A swimmer from Guyana swam by the feeding station without stopping or receiving hydration. The next time the swimmer passed, Walker extended his feeding stick to the swimmer who was surprised, smiled broadly, drank quickly, and
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Big Big Events announced that its 2.5 km Human Rights Day Swim is postponed due to the current wavy and unsafe conditions. “The forecast for tomorrow will make a swimming event in Camps Bay extremely risky and in the interest of all swimmer’s safety, the decision was made to postpone and the request made for
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Phil Cutti, one of the co-founders of the Night Train Swimmers and the Farallon Islands Swimming Federation, recently interviewed San Francisco native Myra Elizabeth Thompson. Born in 1935, Thompson was the first person to attempt the 30-mile swim from the Farallon Islands to San Francisco. The 22-year-old came tantalizingly close to her goal and was
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Look in a well-traveled, experienced open water swimming veteran’s bag or home and they will have many, most or all of these things: 1. Perfect-fitting pair of tinted, polarized or colored goggles for swimming in the bright sunshine. 2. Perfect-fitting pair of clear or light-colored goggles for swimming at night or early morning. 3. Back-up
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Like other races this weekend, the State New Zealand Ocean Swim series race will have to deal with rough weather and sea conditions this weekend. The State Sand To Surf, Mt Maunganui course will be moved to calmer waters. Event director Scott Rice decided all State Sand To Surf races will be held on Pilot
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The 4th Prades Siurana Crossing is open for registration. The 3,000 meters of fresh water in Siurana Lake is surrounded by spectacular sceneries of the Montsant Range in Catalonia, Spain. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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The stakes couldn’t be higher for the best open water swimmers Down Under heading into the penultimate round of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series at Mt Maunganui this Saturday. There have been different race winners in each of the four events so far this season in both the women’s and men’s series. All
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